The four year old boy ( Mummudi ) Krishna Raja Wadiyar III, son of the last Wadiyar King Khasa Chamaraja Wadiyar VIII, was anointed as the King of Mysore.

But in 1868, the British Parliament upheld the King's plea and decided to restore the Kingdom back to his adopted son Chamaraja Wadiyar IX.

* Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wadiyar I ( 1423 – 1459 )

* Hiriya Chamaraja Wadiyar II ( 1478 – 1513 )

* Hiriya bettada Chamaraja III Wadiyar ( 1513 – 1553 )

* Bola Chamaraja Wadiyar IV ( 1572 – 1576 )

* Bettada Chamaraja Wadiyar V ( 1576 – 1578 )< ref > According to Court Historian and Chief Editor of Mysore Gazeeteer-Mr C. Hayavadana Rao, this Ruler's name as Bettada Devaraja Wadiyar.

* Chamaraja Wadiyar VI ( 1617 – 1637 ).

* Chamaraja Wadiyar VII ( 1732 – 1734 )

* Bettada Chamaraja Wadiyar VIII ( 1770 – 1776 )

* Khasa Chamaraja Wadiyar IX ( 1766 – 1796 )

Mummudi adopted Chamaraja Wadiyar X as his legal heir in 1865 and when British refused to accord recognition and restore the Kingdom to him, he took the campaign to the British Parliament where under immense pressure from many Parliamentarians, British Government accepted the adoption and agreed to restore the Kingdom to the adopted son on his coming of age.

Thus in 1881 the famous Rendition of power took place and Chamaraja Wadiyar X, ascended the throne.

Chamaraja Wadiyar X died in 1894 at Calcutta, leaving behind two minor sons and three daughters.

Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV died without children and as his brother had predeceased him, His son, Jaya Chamaraja Wadiyar was crowned in.

Following the failure of heirs male, Krishnaraja Wadiyar decided to adopt as heir his grandson, Chamaraja.

Krishnaraja Wadiyar III died on 27 March 1868, and Chamaraja Wadiyar ascended the throne at the royal palace, Mysore, on September 23, 1868.

Chamaraja Wadiyar was the 23rd Maharaja of Mysore.

Chamaraja Wadiyar was a great patron of arts and music, his court boasted of artists like Veena Subbanna, Veena Seshanna, K. Vasudevacharya, Veena Padmanabiah, Mysore Karigiri Rao and Bidaram Krishnappa among others.

The Mahishūru Fort was constructed in 1524 by Chamaraja Wodeyar III ( 1513 – 1553 ), who passed on the dominion of Puragere to his son Chamaraja Wodeyar IV ( 1572 – 1576 ).

The Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion was constructed by Sri Chamaraja Wodeyar for his daughter Jayalakshammanni.

A child, also named Chamaraja, chose to play with a jewelled dagger, and was supposed selected on that basis as the new raja of Mysore.

Chamaraja Wodeyar, the Wodeyar king of Mysooru was born here and hence this place was renamed after him.

Mysore Zoo was originally created in 1892 on of the summer palace of Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar, and was originally called the Palace Zoo.

Chamaraja was born at the old palace in Mysore on February 22, 1863, as the third son of Sardar Chikka Krishnaraj Urs, of the Bettada-Kote branch of the ruling clan.

His official full name was also His Highness Maharaja Sri Sir Chamaraja Wadiyar, GCSI, Maharaja of Mysore.

Maharani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana with her grandson Prince Jaya Chamaraja WadiyarMaharani Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana was the wife of Maharaja Chamaraja Wodeyar IX and mother of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV.

She was married to the King, Chamaraja Wadiyar on 26. 5. 1878.

He was the eldest son of Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar IX and Maharani Vani Vilas Sannidhana.

Narasimharaja Wodeyar was born at the Mysore Palace, the second son of Chamaraja Wadiyar IX, 23rd Maharaja of Mysore, by his wife Maharani Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana.

One of the oldest manuscript preserved at the institute is Ayodhya Mahatmya written by Harishankar in 1656 AD, part of the original collection of over 10, 000 manuscripts of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, who first conceptualized the institute in 1893, inspired by the opening of the Oriental Research Institute Mysore in 1891, established by then Maharaja of Mysore Chamaraja Wodeyar, and a close friend.

* December 28 – Chamaraja Wodeyar, Maharajah of Mysore ( b. 1863 )

Later Vivekananda travelled to Bangalore, where he became acquainted with K. Seshadri Iyer, the Dewan of the Mysore state, and stayed at the palace as a guest of the Maharaja of Mysore, Chamaraja Wodeyar.

The citizens of Mysore elect four representatives to the Legislative assembly of Karnataka through the constituencies of Chamaraja, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja and Chamundeshwari.

Hyder ordered Nanjaraja strangled, and placed his brother Chamaraja on the throne.

In 1776 the young Raja Chamaraja died.

The Madras Presidency annexed the kingdom of Mysore in 1831 on allegations of maladministration and restored it to Chamaraja Wodeyar, the grandson and heir of the deposed Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar in 1881.

The Wadiyar dynasty was an Indian Hindu dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore from 1399 to 1947, until the independence of India from British rule and the subsequent unification of the Indian dominion and princely states into the Republic of India.

The Mysore kingdom was ruled by a succession of Wadiyar rulers for the next couple of centuries.

The power vacuum created soon after was utilized by Raja Wadiyar, who ruled Mysore from 1578 to 1617.

His son Nalvadi Krishna Raja Wadiyar earned great fame as a saintly King-Rajarishi and his Kingdom was hailed as Ramarajya by Mahatma Gandhi ; an ideal kingdom comparable to the one ruled by the historical hero Lord Rama.

The last king of the Wadiyar dynasty was Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, who ruled from 1940 until Indian independence from British rule.

His only son Srikanta Datta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar ( b. 1953 ) was a member of the Indian Parliament for many years.

* Vani Vilas Sannidhana, queen of Chamarajendra Wadiyar X, was Regent from 1894 – 1902.

Raja Wadiyar the ninth Ruler of the dynasty was a remarkable man known for his valor and patronage of art and culture.

Temple authorities requested Raja Wadiyar to provide them with the custody of these jewels as was the practice hitherto.

Raja Wadiyar sent emissaries to malangi where Alamelamma was staying, with a request to return the jewels.

Hearing of this extreme step taken by Alamelamma, Raja Wadiyar was truly repentant.

Raja Wadiyar was a devout of Vaishnavaite and he donated the famous bejeweled crown to the Lord Cheluvarayasvami of Melkote, which is celebrated as the Raja Mudi car festival even today.

After Raja Wadiyar ’ s death in 1617 to Chikka Devaraja Wadiyar in 1704 ( there were four rulers in between ), Kingdom was ruled by the surviving progenies of Yaduraya, but none could beget legal heirs!

The sole exception was Chikka Devaraja's deaf and dumb son Kantheerava Narasaraja Wadiyar II-also known as mookarasu.

He was succeeded by his son Dodda Krishna Raja Wadiyar who Ruled from 1714 to 1732.

While the elder seven-year-old boy was crowned as Nalvadi ( the fourth ) Krishnaraja Wadiyar, the Regency was entrusted to his mother, who came to be referred to as Vani Vilas Sannidhana.

On turning 18, Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV was invested with full authority personally by the Viceroy, Lord Curzon, in 1902.

His brother Kantheerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar was given the title of Yuvaraja.