As king
He was struck by a lightning and was reduced to baldness, thereafter nicknamed ''Bola'' (the bald). In 1572, he succeeded on the death of his elder brother Timmaraja Wodeyar II. Although Timmaraja Wodeyar II had declared Mysore Kingdom independent of the Vijayanagara Empire, it was not ratified. Chamaraja Wodeyar IV strongly opposed Vijayanagara. He immediately expelled the Vijayanagar envoys and revenue collectors from Mysore Kingdom. Although he had to retain a small delegation of Vijayanagara in Srirangapatna, Srirangapattana, he had all other traces of Vijayanagara high command removed throughout his kingdom.Major acquisition: Bangalore town
Kempe Gowda I had built a town out of an uninhabited mass of land at nearly the time Chamaraja Wodeyar IV was born. He had grown up listening to the valorous stories of Kempe Gowda I and his Bengaluru Pete, Bangalore town. Mysore Kingdom has made quite considerable expansion in the last 173 years and had grown into a formidable kingdom. Chamaraja Wodeyar IV led an expedition after Kempe Gowda's death in 1569. and acquired Bangalore. On 9 November 1576, he died, and his nephew Chamaraja Wodeyar V succeeded him.See also
* Bengaluru Pete, Bangalore town * Wodeyar dynastyExternal links