List of Dewans of Mysore explained

The following lists the dalvoys and dewans of Mysore from the 18th century to the 20th.

Prime Ministers of Mysore
No.PortraitNameTenureTermMaharaja
Dalvoys of Mysore Kingdom
(1732–1782)
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar VII
(1732–1734)
Devarajaiya Urs1732 - 1734
Under Krishnaraja Wodeyar II(1734–1766)
Devarajaiya Urs1734 - 1761
Hyder Ali[1] [2] 1761 - 1766
Under Nanjaraja Wodeyar(1766–1770)
Hyder Ali1766 - 1770
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII
(1770–1776)
Hyder Ali1770 - 1776
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar IX
(1776–1782)
Hyder Ali1776 - 1782
Dewans of Mysore Kingdom
(1782–1949)
1Purnaiah[3] Dec 1782 - May 17991
Under Krishnaraja Wadiyar III
(1799–1881)
(1)PurnaiahMay 1799 - Apr 18112
2Bargir Bakshi Balaji RaoApr 1811 - Jan 18121
3Savar Bakshi Rama RaoFeb 1812 - Oct 18171
4Babu RaoNov 1817 - Apr 18181
5Siddharaj UrsMay 1818 - Feb 18201
(4)Babu RaoMar 1820 - Aug 18212
6Lingaraj UrsNov 1821 - Nov 18221
(4)Babu RaoDec 1822 - Nov 18253
-(None)Nov 1825 - May 1827-
7Venkata UrsMay 1827 - Oct 18311
8VenkataramanaiyaOct 1831 - May 18321
(4)Babu RaoMay 1832 - Aug 18344
9Kollam Venkata RaoApr 1834 - 18381
10Surappaya1838 - 18401
(9)Kollam Venkata Rao1840 - 18442
11Kola Krishnama Naidu1844 - 18581
12Kola Vijayarangam Naidu1858 - 18641
13Arunachala Mudaliar1864 - 18661
(None)1866 - 1868-
Under British Crown
(1881–1894)
(None)1868 - 20 Mar 1881-
Under Chamarajendra Wadiyar X
(1881–1894)
14C. V. RungacharluMar 1881 - Jan 18831
15K. Seshadri IyerJan 1883 - Dec 18941
Under Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
(1894–1940)
(15)K. Seshadri IyerDec 1894 - Aug 1900(1)
[15]T. R. A. Thumboo Chetty(acting for Iyer)Aug 1900 - Mar 19011
16P. N. Krishnamurti[4] Mar 1901 - Jun 19061
17V. P. Madhava Rao[5] Jun 1906 - Mar 19091
18T. Ananda RaoApr 1909 - Sep 19121
19M. Visvesvaraya[6] Nov 1912 - Dec 19181
20M. Kantaraj UrsDec 1918 - Feb 19221
21A. R. BanerjeeMar 1922 - Apr 19261
22Mirza Ismail[7] [8] May 1926 - Aug 19401
Under Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
(1940-1950)
(22)Mirza IsmailAug 1940 - 1941(1)
23M. N. Krishna Rao1941 - 19411
24N. Madhava Rao[9] 1941 - 19461
25A. R. Mudaliar[10] 1946 - 19491
Chief Ministers of Karnataka
List of chief ministers of Karnataka

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Robson . Francis . The Life Of Hyder Ally: With an Account of His Usurpation of the Kingdom of Mysore . 1786 . S Hooper, High Holborn . London . 24 January 2022.
  2. Dallapiccola . A. L. . July 1997 . Mysore royal Dasara. By Swami Sivapriyananda, photographs by Gajendra Singh Auwa pp. 160, 137 col. illus. New Delhi, Abhinav Publications, 1995. Rs 1800. . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society . 7 . 2 . 306–307 . 10.1017/s1356186300009044 . 162104644 . 1356-1863.
  3. Book: Bhargava, Moti Lal . History of Modern India . 1970 . Upper India Publishing House . 261 . en.
  4. Book: Harry Halén . Handbook of oriental collections in Finland: manuscripts, xylographs, inscriptions and Russian minority literature, Issues 31-34 . Curzon Press . 1978 . 73 . The leader of the Hebbar Iyengars, Krishnaiengar, had also died and instead they supported P. N. Krishnamurthi, the grandson of the great Purnaiya..
  5. News: Prasad . S Narendra . 23 June 2015 . Revisiting days of yore . Deccan Herald . Bangalore . 2 July 2015.
  6. Web site: 15 August 2002 . Diwans take over . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030622220420/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/15/stories/2002081500220200.htm . 22 June 2003 . The Hindu.
  7. Web site: Page 29 Issue 34470, 4 January 1938 London Gazette The Gazette . 2021-06-14 . www.thegazette.co.uk.
  8. P. 254-258, Business Legends by Gita Piramal (1998) – Published by Viking Penguin India
  9. Book: Kadati Reddera Basavaraja . History and Culture of Karnataka: Early Times to Unification . Chalukya Publications . 1984 . 334.
  10. Web site: Diwans of Mysore . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20081024205524/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html . 24 October 2008 . 2008-11-04 . Princely States of India K–Z . worldstatesman.org.