2019 – Posted in: Daily News

JAYACHAMARAJENDRA WADIYAR

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This Independence Day, the flower show at Lalbagh Botanical Garden will be a floral tribute to Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919-1974), the last maharaja of the erstwhile State of Mysore, to mark his birth centenary celebrations.

Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar Bahadur (18 July 1919 – 23 September 1974)

He was the twenty-fifth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1940 to 1971.
Ruling from 1940 until the monarchy was abolished in 1950, continuing to hold the title of maharaja until princely titles were abolished in 1971.
He remains the head of the erstwhile royal family with the unofficial title of maharaja thereafter through his death.
Maharaja was a noted philosopher, musicologist, political thinker, and philanthropist.

Early life

He was the only son of Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar and Yuvarani Kempu Cheluvajamanni.
He graduated from Maharaja’s College, Mysore in 1938.
His first wife is Maharani Satya Prema Kumari (in 1938).
He married again to Maharani Tripura Sundari Ammani (in 1944).

Days in Democracy

He was the first ruler to accede to merge his kingdom with the newly-formed Indian Union after the Indian Independence in 1947.
He signed the Instrument of Accession with the Union of India on the eve of India attaining Independence on August 1947.
The princely state of Mysore was merged with the Republic of India on 26 January 1950.
He held the position of Rajpramukh (governor) of the State of Mysore from 26 January 1950 to 1 November 1956.

Hobbies, Sports and Works

He was a connoisseur of both western and Carnatic (South Indian classical) music and an acknowledged authority of Indian Philosophy.
He was a good horseman and a tennis player.
Jayachamarajendra was the first president of the Philharmonia Concert Society, London in 1948.
He also sponsored the translation of many classics from Sanskrit to Kannada as part of the Jayachamaraja Grantha Ratna Mala, including 35 parts of the Rigveda.

Source: The Hindu & Wikipedia

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