Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII (Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII Bahadur; 27 August 1759 – 6 September 1776.) was the twentieth
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 from 1770 for six years until 1776. He reigned under the powerful control of ''
Sarvadhikari
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Sarvādhikārī is a title with diverse uses in India, including:
*an old title for the Chief minister of a southern Indian ruler, notably of:
**under the Western Ganga Dynasty's Maharaja Dharma ...
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Hyder Ali
Hyder Ali ( حیدر علی, ''Haidarālī''; 1720 – 7 December 1782) was the Sultan and ''de facto'' ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. Born as Hyder Ali, he distinguished himself as a soldier, eventually drawing the att ...
.
Life
He was the second son of
Krishnaraja Wodeyar 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 1734 ...
and succeeded on the death of his elder brother
Nanjaraja Wodeyar
Nanjaraja Wodeyar (Nanjaraja Wodeyar Bahadur; 1748 – 2 August 1770) was the nineteenth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore for only four years, from 1766 to 1770, as puppet under ''sarvadhikari'' Hyder Ali, like his father was.
Life
He was eld ...
on 2 August 1770.
See also
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Wodeyar dynasty
The Wadiyar dynasty (formerly spelt Wodeyer or Odeyer, also referred to as the Wadiyars of Mysore), is a late-medieval/ early-modern South Indian Hindu royal family of former kings of Mysore from the Urs clan originally based in Mysore city.
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1759 births
1776 deaths
Kings of Mysore
Chamaraja VIII
18th-century Indian royalty
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