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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name =Yelandur Estate
|common_name = Yelandur Jagir
|nation = [[Kingdom of Mysore]] and later [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Jagir]]
|era =
|year_start = 1807
|date_start =
|event_start =
|year_end = 1956
|date_end =
|event_end = Abolition of the estate
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =
|image_coat =
|image_map =
|image_map_caption =
|stat_area1 = 264
|stat_year1 = 1901
|stat_pop1 = 35271
|footnotes =
}}
'''Estate of Yelandur''' or '''Yelandur Jagir''' was an estate in the erstwhile [[Mysore State|State of Mysore]] of [[Madras Presidency]]. At present it is located in the [[Chamarajanagar district|Chamarajanagara district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]]..The town of [[Yelandur]] was the administrative headquarters.<ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/y/yelandur.html Yelandur Estate]</ref>

==History==
On 27 November 1807 Yelandur was given in jagir by the British Government to [[Purnaiah|Dewan Purnaiah]] in recognition of his services as [[Dewan]] of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore Kingdom]] at a special Durbar 1807. [[Purnaiah|Shri Krishna Charya Purnaiya]] was the first Jagirdar of the estate.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&pg=PA318|title=Gazetteer of Mysore|page=318|author=B. L. Rice|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=2001|quote=In1807 yelandur was given as jagir by British government in recognition of services as dewan and regent during the minority of Raja}}</ref> The jagir consisted of 46 villages.<ref>{{cite book|title=Artha Vijnana, Volume 13, Issues 1-2|page=130|year=1970|publisher=Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics|quote=The jagir granted to Purniya in 1807 as a reward for his meritorious services to the state was the largest single grant during the period.This consisted of 46 villages}}</ref>

The last holder of the estate, Raghavendra Rao Purnaiya, was awarded compensation by the State Government under the provisions of the Karnataka (Personal and Miscellaneous) Inams Abolition Act, 1954.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGDiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT81|title=The Order of the Crest: Tracing the Alumni of Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, Bangalore (1865–2015)|publisher=Penguin UK|author=Aditya Sondhi|page=81|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref>

==Jagirdars/Rulers of Yelandur==
The rulers of Yelandur estate were
* [[Purnaiah]] — (1807–1812)
* Anantharamappa — (1812–1825)
* Srinivasa Murthy — (1825–1830)
* Narasingha Rao Krishnamurthy — (1830–1858)
* Sir [[P. N. Krishnamurti]] — (1858–1911), also Dewan of Mysore (1901–1906)
* Narasingha Rao Purniah — (1911–1920)
* Nagaraja Rao Purnaiya — (1920–1960) — accession in 1956
* Raghavendra Rao Purnaiya — (1960–2001)

==References==
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