Jayachamaraja Wodeyar

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Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur (born July 18, 1919 in Mysore , India , † September 23, 1974 in Bangalore , India) was the 25th and last Maharaja of Mysore .

Life

Jayachamaraja Wodeyar was the only son of Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wodeyar. He graduated from the local college and graduated from school in 1938 with numerous awards and gold medals. He then went on a trip to Europe, where he met many artists, and began studying at Oxford. In 1940 he succeeded his uncle Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV to the throne - his father had died in 1939 - and ruled until 1950, when India was declared a republic and the princely states were finally incorporated into the Indian Union. Wodeyar received annual financial compensation. He was given the position of a "Rajpramukh" of the state of Mysore until 1956. After the merging of the neighboring states, he became the first governor of the merged state of Mysore and later of the state of Madras (now Tamil Nadu ) until 1964 .

patron

Jayachamaraja was a great patron of the arts, culture, sports and the exponent of Indian philosophy. He financed recordings of the Russian composer Nikolai Karlowitsch Medtner and founded the Medtner Society in 1949. Medtner returned the favor and dedicated his 3rd piano concerto to the Maharaja. Wodeyar was the heir to the throne and could no longer pursue his own ambitions of a pianist career. Now he devoted himself to Indian music and learned Vina . He wrote 94 carnatic compositions . He financed the establishment of a yoga school and several temples. The Maharaja became a licentiate of the Guild Hall of Music and an honorary member of Trinity College of Music in London in 1945 . In 1948 he was the first President of the Philharmonia Concert Society in London. He received numerous honors, including a. Honorary doctorates in literature, philosophy and law. In 1966 he was elected a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Performing Arts .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Title of a candidate for power, "Crown Prince"
  2. ↑ DER SPIEGEL, No. 6, February 2, 1970

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SURNAME Wodeyar, Jayachamaraja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur; Wadiyar, Sir Jaya Chamaraja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian ruler, Maharaja of Mysore
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Mysore , India
DATE OF DEATH 23rd September 1974
Place of death Bangalore , India