Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಜಯಚಾಮರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ ಒಡೆಯರು; 18 July 1919 – 23 September 1974), sometimes simply Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, was the twenty-fifth and last ruling Maharaja of Mysore, reigning from 1940 to 1950, who later served as the governor of Mysore until 1964 and as governor of Madras from 1964 to 1966.
| Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | |
|---|---|
| Maharaja of Mysore | |
| 25th Maharaja of Mysore | |
| Reign | 3 August 1940 – 25 January 1950 |
| Coronation | 8 September 1940, Palace of Mysore |
| Predecessor | Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (paternal uncle) |
| Successor | Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar (son) |
| Rajpramukh of Mysore State | |
| In office 26 January 1950 – 1 November 1956 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| Governor of Mysore State | |
| In office 1 November 1956 – 4 May 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | S M Srinagesh |
| Governor of Madras State | |
| In office 4 May 1964 – 28 June 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Bhishnuram Medhi |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Ujjal Singh |
| Born | 18 July 1919 Mysore Palace, Mysore, Mysore State, India |
| Died | 23 September 1974 (aged 55) Bangalore Palace, Bangalore, India |
| Spouse | Satya Prema Kumari (m. 1938, div. 1940) Tripura Sundari Ammani (m. 1942) |
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| House | Wadiyar dynasty |
| Father | Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar |
| Mother | Yuvarani Kempu Cheluvaja Amanni |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Wadiyar ascended the throne upon the sudden demise of his uncle Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV. His reign as King began in 1940 during the onset of World War II in Europe and concluded with his merging the Kingdom into the Dominion of India in 1947 but continued as maharaja until India's constitution into a republic in 1950. Kuvempu, his Kannada teacher and the vice-chancellor of Mysore University, remarked upon his ceding the kingdom: "Whereas kings have become so upon assuming thrones, he became a great king by renouncing one". C. Hayavadana Rao, a noted historian, referred to the maharaja in the preface of his unfinished book as a "supporter of every good cause aiming at the moral and material progress of the people".