Estate of Yelandur or Yelandur Jagir was an estate in the erstwhile
State of Mysore
Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a state within the Dominion of India and the later Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore, and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capita ...
of
Madras Presidency
The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the ...
. At present it is located in the
Chamarajanagara district
Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was carved out of the original larger Mysore District in 1998. Chamarajanagar town is the headquarters of this district.
It is the third leas ...
in the
India
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n
state
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of
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
..The town of
Yelandur
Yalandur is a taluk and town in Chamarajanagar district in southern Karnataka, India. It has historic and cultural importance in this region. Along with three other taluks, it was officially included into Chamarajanagar district when the distric ...
was the administrative headquarters.
History
On 27 November 1807 Yelandur was given in jagir by the British East India company to
Dewan Purnaiah
Purnaiah (Purniya) (1746 – 27 March 1812), aka Krishnacharya Purniya or Mir Miran Purniya was an Indian Administrator and statesman and the 1st Diwan of Mysore. He has the rare distinction of governing under a sultan and a maharaja, Tip ...
in recognition of his services as
Dewan
''Dewan'' (also known as ''diwan'', sometimes spelled ''devan'' or ''divan'') designated a powerful government official, minister, or ruler. A ''dewan'' was the head of a state institution of the same name (see Divan). Diwans belonged to the el ...
of
Mysore Kingdom
The Kingdom of Mysore was a realm in southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. From 1799 until 1950, it was a princely state, until 1947 in a subsidiary alliance with Brit ...
at a special Durbar 1807.
Shri Krishna Charya Purnaiya was the first Jagirdar of the estate. The jagir consisted of 46 villages.
The last holder of the estate, Raghavendra Rao Purnaiya, was awarded compensation by the State Government under the provisions of the Karnataka (Personal and Miscellaneous) Inams Abolition Act, 1954.
Jagirdars/Rulers of Yelandur
The rulers of Yelandur estate were
Deshastha Madhva Brahmin
Deshastha Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and northern area of the state of Karnataka. Other than these states, according to authors K. S. Singh, Gregory Naik and Pran Nath Chopra, Deshastha Bra ...
s and were devout followers of
Uttaradi Matha
Shri Uttaradi Math ( IAST:''Śrī Uttarādi Maṭha'') (also known as Uttaradi Peetha), is one of the main monasteries (matha) founded by Madhvacharya with Padmanabha Tirtha as its head to preserve and propagate Dvaita Vedanta (Tattvavada) out ...
.
The rulers of Yelandur estate were
*
Purnaiah
Purnaiah (Purniya) (1746 – 27 March 1812), aka Krishnacharya Purniya or Mir Miran Purniya was an Indian Administrator and statesman and the 1st Diwan of Mysore. He has the rare distinction of governing under a sultan and a maharaja, Tip ...
— (1807–1812)
* Anantharamappa — (1812–1825)
* Srinivasa Murthy — (1825–1830)
* Narasingha Rao Krishnamurthy — (1830–1858)
* Sir
P. N. Krishnamurti
Sir Purniah Narasinga Rao Krishnamurti (12 August 1849 – 1911) was an Indian lawyer and administrator who served as the 16th Diwan of Mysore from 1901 to 1906. He was a direct descendant of Diwan Purnaiah, the first Dewan of Mysore.
Early ...
— (1858–1911), also Dewan of Mysore (1901–1906)
* Narasingha Rao Purniah — (1911–1920)
* Nagaraja Rao Purnaiya — (1920–1960) — accession in 1956
* Raghavendra Rao Purnaiya — (1960–2001)
References
Bibliography
*{{cite book, title=The Vanished Raj A Memoir of Princely India, last=Rajaram, first=N S, publisher=Prism Books Private Limited, year=2019, isbn=978-9388478113