Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV.

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Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV.

Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (born June 4, 1884 as Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar , † August 3, 1940 ) was an Indian maharaja . He was the 24th Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1894 until his death in 1940 .

Life

Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV was born on June 4, 1884 in the royal palace (Jaganmohan Palace) in Mysore. He was the eldest son of Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X and the Maharani Vani Vilas Sannidhana. After his father died in Calcutta in 1894 , his mother ruled the state as regent until Krishnaraja Wadiyar came of age on August 8, 1902 and took over government. He was appointed and confirmed with full governance by Viceroy Lord Curzon personally in the Jaganmohana Palace in Mysore.

On June 6, 1900, he married Maharani Pratapa Kumari Ammani (born 1889), Princess of Kathiawar in what is now Gujarat .

He was considered a philosopher-king and was compared to the ancient Indian emperor Ashoka . Mahatma Gandhi called him Rajarshi , which means "holy king". His followers referred to his kingdom as Rama Rajya , the "ideal kingdom" (corresponding to the reign of God-King Rama ). Lord John Sankey praised Mysore as "the world's best administered state" at the second round table conference in London in 1930 . Krishnaraja Wadiyar's reign was often referred to as the "Golden Age of Mysore". Personally, he was an avid musician who mastered several instruments and was always considered a friend of music, both Indian and classical Western music, art and science. The very first university of an Indian princely state was founded by him in Mysore. The Indian Institute of Science founded by his mother in Bangalore was generously endowed by him with land and financial means.

Mysore was the first principality in India that had established a representative body, the Assembly , as early as 1881 . During the reign of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV., This facility was expanded into a two-chamber system and given legislative powers. During his reign, Mysore was the first country in Asia to use hydropower for electrification. Bangalore was the first Asian city to have electric street lighting installed in August 1905. In 1912 the new Amba Vilas palace, begun during his mother's reign, was completed.

At the time of his death, he was considered one of the richest men of his time, with an estimated personal fortune of $ 400 million, which in 2010 would have been $ 56 billion.

During the 39-year reign the following Prime Ministers were in office:

  1. PN Krishnamurti (1901-06)
  2. VP Madhava Rao (1906-09)
  3. T. Ananda Rao (1909-1912)
  4. M. Visvesvaraya (1912-19)
  5. M. Kantaraj Urs (1919-22)
  6. Albion Rajkumar Banerjee (1922-26)
  7. Mirza Ismail (1926–1941)

Honors

Web links

Commons : Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV.  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prakash M Badiger: Kings of Karnataka . Lulu Publication, Raleigh 2018, ISBN 978-1-387-71754-5 , pp. 39 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wadiyar, Nalwadi Krishnaraja (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Maharadja of Mysore
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Mysore
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 1940