Chamarajapuram is one of the earliest settlements and localities in
Mysore
Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...
,
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
, India, located in the centre of the city. Initially an
agraharam
An ''Agraharam'' (Sanskrit IAST: agrahāram) or ''Agrahara'' (Sanskrit IAST: agrahāra) was a grant of land and royal income from it, typically by a king or a noble family in India, for religious purposes, particularly to Brahmins to maint ...
inhabited by the Mysore nobility, parts of it were later allotted other local dwellers as well.
History
The City Planning Commission of Mysore laid out an urban city planning in as early as 1733 by
Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar VII, just close to the near-extinction of the
Dutch East India Company
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, when the
French Company was at its peak in South India and the
British Company had just entered the
South
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
. However, execution of the plan began in around the 1780s by
Diwan Purnaiah when under the Sultan of Mysore
Tipu. At the time of its completion,
Maharaja Chamarajendra Wodeyar IX was reigning, after whom Chamarajapuram is named.
Constituency
Chamarajapuram falls under the
Mysore Constituency in the
Lok Sabha
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(national election) maps. In
Vidhana Sabha
The State Legislative Assembly, also known as the Vidhan Sabha or the Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in each of the states and certain union territories of India. Members of the legislative assembly are often directly elected to serve five ...
(state election) maps, Chamarajapuram falls under Krishnaraja Constituency.
Lanes and Boulevards
Several roads and areas have been commemorative of numerous Mysore and Karnataka era celebrities.
* Bajjanna Lane, named after Bajjanna, a wealthy philanthropist working for the
Palace
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, who laid waterworks for the area
* Dr Vishnuvardhan Road, named after
Vishnuvardhan
*
K.G.Koppal, named after Kennegowda, a
palace
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wrestler
In popular culture
The cover illustration of
R K Laxman's Malgudi Days is a painted railway station which was inspired by
Chamarajapuram Railway Station.
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Notable people
*
T Chowdiah, famously known as Pitil Chowdiah, a violin and fiddle maestro in Mysore Palace
*
M H Ambareesh, T Chowdiah's grandson and Kannada film actor
* M A Chandan Kumar, T Chowdiah's great-grandson, a flautist
* T T Srinivasa Varadāchār, a ''dharmašhāstra āsthāna vidwan'' in Mysore Palace
* T T Srinivasa Gopālāchār, T T Srinivasa Varadāchār's son, also a ''dharmašhāstra āsthāna vidwan''
*
T. P. Kailasam
Thyagaraja Paramasiva Kailasam (29 July 1884 – 1946), was an Indian playwright and prominent writer in the Kannada literature. Literary criticism in Kannada literature is said to have started for the first time by Kailasam in his works.
His ...
, popular Modern Kannada author and playwright, lived in K G Koppal for a brief period
See also
*
Chamarajapuram Railway Station
*
Kuvempunagar
*
Jayanagar
*
Ashokapuram
References
Suburbs of Mysore
Mysore South