| Chamarajapuram | |
| Native Name: | ಚಾಮರಾಜಪುರಂ |
| Settlement Type: | Urban |
| Coordinates: | 12.2956°N 76.6397°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mysore District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Mysore |
| Established Title: | Incorporation |
| Established Date: | 1780s |
| Founder: | Chamaraja Wodeyar IX, Diwan Purnaiah |
| Named For: | Chamaraja Wodeyar IX |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Postal Code Type: | Zip |
| Postal Code: | 570005 |
| Area Code: | 0821 |
| Area Code Type: | STD |
Chamarajapuram is one of the earliest settlements and localities in Mysore, Karnataka, India, located in the centre of Mysore city. Initially an agraharam inhabited by the Mysore nobility, parts of it were later allotted other local dwellers as well.
The City Planning Commission of Mysore laid out an urban city planning in as early as 1733 by Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar VII, just close to the near-extinction of the Dutch East India Company, when the French Company was at its peak in South India, and the British Company had just entered the South. However, execution of the plan began in around the 1780s by Diwan Purnaiah when under the Sultan of Mysore Tipu. At the time of its completion, Maharaja Chamarajendra Wodeyar IX was reigning, after whom Chamarajapuram is named.
Chamarajapuram falls under the Mysore Constituency in the Lok Sabha (national election) maps. In Vidhana Sabha (state election) maps, Chamarajapuram falls under Krishnaraja Constituency.
Several roads and areas have been commemorative of numerous Mysore and Karnataka era celebrities.
The cover illustration of R K Laxman's Malgudi Days is a painted railway station which was inspired by Chamarajapuram Railway Station.[1] [2]