Chamarajapuram is one of the earliest settlements and localities in

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, India, located in the centre of the city. Initially an

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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

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, when the French Company was at its peak in South India and the British Company had just entered the

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. 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

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(national election) maps. In

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(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

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, who laid waterworks for the area * Dr Vishnuvardhan Road, named after Vishnuvardhan * K.G.Koppal, named after Kennegowda, a

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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.{{Cite web, url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g304553-d2422842-i189050274-Royal_Mysore_Walks-Mysuru_Mysore_Mysore_District_Karnataka.html, title=Chamarajapuram railway station - it inspired the sketch by Laxman which was used in Malgudi Days - Picture of Royal Mysore Walks, Mysuru (Mysore) - TripAdvisor, website=www.tripadvisor.com, access-date=2017-06-17

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

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