Chamaraja Wodeyar VII (1704 – 1734) was the seventeenth

maharaja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...

of the

Kingdom of Mysore The Kingdom of Mysore was a realm in South India, 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 allia ...

. He ruled only for two years, from 1732 to 1734.

Adoption and coronation

He was son of Devaraj Urs of Ankanhalli and adopted by Maharani Devajamma and Maharaja

Dodda Krishnaraja Wodeyar I Krishnaraja Wodeyar I (18 March 1702 – 5 March 1732) was the sixteenth Maharaja of Mysore, maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore. His reign lasted for 18 years, from 1714 to 1732. Personal life Dodda Krishnaraja was born on 18 March 1702. He wa ...

. 19 March 1732, he ascended the throne at

Seringapatam Srirangapatna is a town and headquarters of one of the seven Taluks of Mandya district, in the Indian State of Karnataka. It gets its name from the Ranganthaswamy temple consecrated at around 984 CE. Later, under the British rule the city wa ...

. But on 10 June 1734 he was deposed and imprisoned with his wife for opposing the ''dalvoys'', his late father's cousin Nanjaraja and commander Devaraja. He died in prison at Kabaladurga, in the same year. He was succeeded by his brother

Krishnaraja Wadiyar II Krishnaraja Wadiyar II (1728 – 25 April 1766Hayavadana Rao, Conjeeveram. History of Mysore (1399-1799 A.D.): 1704-1766. India: Superintendent of the Government Press, 1946.), was the eighteenth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore from 173 ...

Adoption and coronation

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