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{{Short description|Maharaja of Mysore from | {{Short description|Maharaja of Mysore from 1638 to 1659}} | ||
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{{For|the 1960 fim|Ranadheera Kanteerava}} | |||
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| name | | name = Kanthirava Narasaraja I | ||
| image | | image = Kanthirava.jpg | ||
| caption | | caption = Kanthirava Naurasaraja I, ruler of the principality of Mysore, 1638–1659. | ||
| succession | | succession = [[Maharaja of Mysore]] | ||
| reign | | reign = 8 October 1638 – 31 July 1659 | ||
|predecessor=[[Raja Wodeyar II]] | | predecessor = [[Raja Wodeyar II]] | ||
| birth_place = | | successor = [[Dodda Kempadevaraja]] | ||
| death_date | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1615|05|02|df=yes}}<ref name="k918">{{cite web | last=Rao | first=C. Hayavadana | title=History of Mysore (1399-1799 A.D.) | url=https://dn721600.ca.archive.org/0/items/HistoryOfMysore13991799AD/218417_History_Of_Mysore_1399-1799_A_D.pdf | access-date=6 January 2026}}</ref> | ||
| death_place = | | birth_place = | ||
| spouse | | death_date = {{Death date and age|1659|07|31|1615|05|02|df=yes}} | ||
| issue | | death_place = | ||
| father | | spouse = | ||
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| full name = Ranadhira Kanteerava Narasa Raja Wodeyar | |||
| father = Bettada Chamaraja | |||
| mother = | | mother = | ||
| religion | | religion = [[Hindu]] | ||
| image_size | | royal house = [[Wodeyar]] | ||
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'''Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar I''' ( | |||
'''Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar I''' (2 May 1615 – 31 July 1659) was the twelfth [[Maharaja of Mysore|maharaja]] of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] from 1638 until his death in 1659. | |||
==Accession== | ==Accession== | ||
The previous ruler, [[Raja Wodeyar II]], Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar's cousin, was poisoned on the orders of his ''dalvoy'' (commander-in-chief), Vikramaraya, within a year of becoming the maharaja.<ref name=igimc-20>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series|1908|p=20}}</ref> The 23-year-old Kanthirava Narasaraja I, who had earlier been adopted by the widow of [[Raja Wodeyar I]], became, in 1638, the new ''maharaja'' of Mysore. Before becoming the king of Mysore, he lived in Terakanambi near Gundalpet, Chamarajanagar District.<ref name=igimc-20/> | The previous ruler, [[Raja Wodeyar II]], Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar's cousin, was poisoned on the orders of his ''dalvoy'' (commander-in-chief), Vikramaraya, within a year of becoming the maharaja.<ref name=igimc-20>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series|1908|p=20}}</ref> The 23-year-old Kanthirava Narasaraja I, who had earlier been adopted by the widow of [[Raja Wodeyar I]], became, in 1638, the new ''maharaja'' of Mysore. Before becoming the king of Mysore, he lived in Terakanambi near Gundalpet, Chamarajanagar District.<ref name=igimc-20/> | ||
== | == Reign == | ||
Soon after his accession, he was called on to defend [[Srirangapatna]] against the invasions of the [[Adil Shahi]]s of [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur]], a defence which he mounted with great loss for the enemy.<ref>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series|1908|p=20}}, {{Harvnb|Michell|1995|p=20}}</ref> In the fashion of the two ''wodeyars'' before him, he continued to expand the Mysore dominions.<ref name="igimc-20" /> This included taking [[Satyamangalam]] from the [[Madurai Nayak Dynasty|Nayaks of Madurai]] in the south, unseating the Chingalvas from their base in [[Piriyapatna]] in the west, gaining possession of [[Hosur]] (near [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]]) to the north, and delivering a major blow to the remnant rule of [[Kempe Gowda]] of [[Magadi]]'s henchmen at [[Yelahanka]], from whom a large tribute was exacted.<ref name="igimc-20" /> Kanthirava Narasaraja I was also the first ''wodeyar'' of Mysore to create the symbols associated with royalty, such as the royal coats of arms, establishing mints, and issuing coins named Kanthiraya (corrupted to "Canteroy") after him.<ref name="igimc-20" /> These were to remain part of Mysore's 'current national money' for well over a century.<ref name="igimc-20" /> | Soon after his accession, he was called on to defend [[Srirangapatna]] against the invasions of the [[Adil Shahi]]s of [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur]], a defence which he mounted with great loss for the enemy.<ref>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series|1908|p=20}}, {{Harvnb|Michell|1995|p=20}}</ref> In the fashion of the two ''wodeyars'' before him, he continued to expand the Mysore dominions.<ref name="igimc-20" /> This included taking [[Satyamangalam]] from the [[Madurai Nayak Dynasty|Nayaks of Madurai]] in the south, unseating the Chingalvas from their base in [[Piriyapatna]] in the west, gaining possession of [[Hosur]] (near [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]]) to the north, and delivering a major blow to the remnant rule of [[Kempe Gowda]] of [[Magadi]]'s henchmen at [[Yelahanka]], from whom a large tribute was exacted.<ref name="igimc-20" /> Kanthirava Narasaraja I was also the first ''wodeyar'' of Mysore to create the symbols associated with royalty, such as the royal coats of arms, establishing mints, and issuing coins named Kanthiraya (corrupted to "Canteroy") after him.<ref name="igimc-20" /> These were to remain part of Mysore's 'current national money' for well over a century.<ref name="igimc-20" /> | ||
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Kanthirava Narasaraja I had ten wives. He died on 31 July 1659, at the age of 44. | Kanthirava Narasaraja I had ten wives. He died on 31 July 1659, at the age of 44. | ||
[[File:JoppenMarathaMid17CSouthIndia.jpg|right|thumb|261x261px|South India during the time of Kanthirava Narasaraja I.]] | |||
==Early Christianity in Mysore== | ==Early Christianity in Mysore== | ||
[[Catholic]] [[missionaries]], which had arrived in the coastal areas of [[southern India]]—the [[Malabar coast]], the [[Kanara|Kanara coast]], and the [[Coromandel coast]]—starting early in the sixteenth century, did not begin work in land-locked Mysore until halfway through the seventeenth century.<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209>{{Harvnb|Subrahmanyam|1989|pp=208–209}}</ref> The Mysore mission was established in [[Srirangapatna]] in 1649 by Leonardo Cinnami, an Italian [[Jesuit]] from [[Goa]].<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> Although a few years later Cinnami was expelled from Mysore on account of opposition in Kanthirava's court, towards the end of Kanthirava's rule, Cinnami returned to establish missions in half a dozen locations.<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> During his second stay, Cinnami obtained permission to convert Kanthirava's subjects to [[Christianity]]; however, he was successful mostly in the eastern regions of Kanthirava's dominions, regions that later became part of the [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]].<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> {{Harv| | [[Catholic]] [[missionaries]], which had arrived in the coastal areas of [[southern India]]—the [[Malabar coast]], the [[Kanara|Kanara coast]], and the [[Coromandel coast]]—starting early in the sixteenth century, did not begin work in land-locked Mysore until halfway through the seventeenth century.<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209>{{Harvnb|Subrahmanyam|1989|pp=208–209}}</ref> The Mysore mission was established in [[Srirangapatna]] in 1649 by Leonardo Cinnami, an Italian [[Jesuit]] from [[Goa]].<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> Although a few years later Cinnami was expelled from Mysore on account of opposition in Kanthirava's court, towards the end of Kanthirava's rule, Cinnami returned to establish missions in half a dozen locations.<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> During his second stay, Cinnami obtained permission to convert Kanthirava's subjects to [[Christianity]]; however, he was successful mostly in the eastern regions of Kanthirava's dominions, regions that later became part of the [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]].<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> {{Harv|Subrahmanyam|1989|p=209}} notes, "...Of a reported 1700 converts in the Mysore mission in the mid-1660s, a mere quarter were ''Kannadigas'' ([[Kannada language]] speakers), the rest being Tamil speakers from the western districts of modern-day [[Tamil Nadu]]...".<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> | ||
==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||
His life story was adapted into the 1960 Kannada movie ''[[Ranadheera Kanteerava]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshvid.com/team-daredevil-musthafa-to-release-a-special-animation-song-tribute-to-dr-rajkumar/|title = Team 'Daredevil Musthafa' to Release a Special Animation Song Tribute to Dr. Rajkumar — KSHVID|date = 4 October 2021}}</ref> | His life story was adapted into the 1960 Kannada movie ''[[Ranadheera Kanteerava]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.kshvid.com/team-daredevil-musthafa-to-release-a-special-animation-song-tribute-to-dr-rajkumar/|title = Team 'Daredevil Musthafa' to Release a Special Animation Song Tribute to Dr. Rajkumar — KSHVID|date = 4 October 2021|access-date = 15 October 2021|archive-date = 11 May 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230511150549/https://www.kshvid.com/team-daredevil-musthafa-to-release-a-special-animation-song-tribute-to-dr-rajkumar/|url-status = dead}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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[[Category:17th-century Indian monarchs]] | [[Category:17th-century Indian monarchs]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:23, 6 January 2026
| Kanthirava Narasaraja I | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kanthirava Naurasaraja I, ruler of the principality of Mysore, 1638–1659. | |||||
| Maharaja of Mysore | |||||
| Reign | 8 October 1638 – 31 July 1659 | ||||
| Predecessor | Raja Wodeyar II | ||||
| Successor | Dodda Kempadevaraja | ||||
| Born | 2 May 1615[1] | ||||
| Died | 31 July 1659 (aged 44) | ||||
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| House | Wodeyar | ||||
| Father | Bettada Chamaraja | ||||
| Religion | Hindu | ||||
Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar I (2 May 1615 – 31 July 1659) was the twelfth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1638 until his death in 1659.
Accession[edit | edit source]
The previous ruler, Raja Wodeyar II, Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar's cousin, was poisoned on the orders of his dalvoy (commander-in-chief), Vikramaraya, within a year of becoming the maharaja.[2] The 23-year-old Kanthirava Narasaraja I, who had earlier been adopted by the widow of Raja Wodeyar I, became, in 1638, the new maharaja of Mysore. Before becoming the king of Mysore, he lived in Terakanambi near Gundalpet, Chamarajanagar District.[2]
Reign[edit | edit source]
Soon after his accession, he was called on to defend Srirangapatna against the invasions of the Adil Shahis of Bijapur, a defence which he mounted with great loss for the enemy.[3] In the fashion of the two wodeyars before him, he continued to expand the Mysore dominions.[2] This included taking Satyamangalam from the Nayaks of Madurai in the south, unseating the Chingalvas from their base in Piriyapatna in the west, gaining possession of Hosur (near Salem) to the north, and delivering a major blow to the remnant rule of Kempe Gowda of Magadi's henchmen at Yelahanka, from whom a large tribute was exacted.[2] Kanthirava Narasaraja I was also the first wodeyar of Mysore to create the symbols associated with royalty, such as the royal coats of arms, establishing mints, and issuing coins named Kanthiraya (corrupted to "Canteroy") after him.[2] These were to remain part of Mysore's 'current national money' for well over a century.[2]
Dissolution of the Vijayanagara Empire[edit | edit source]
Although the Vijayanagara Empire had succumbed to rampages and forages of the Bahamani and Deccan Sultanates, Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar, continued to recognise the Vijayanagara Empire and its namesake emperor Sriranga III. But by then, Sriranga III had completely lost power and control over the empire.
Kanthirava Narasaraja I had ten wives. He died on 31 July 1659, at the age of 44.
Early Christianity in Mysore[edit | edit source]
Catholic missionaries, which had arrived in the coastal areas of southern India—the Malabar coast, the Kanara coast, and the Coromandel coast—starting early in the sixteenth century, did not begin work in land-locked Mysore until halfway through the seventeenth century.[4] The Mysore mission was established in Srirangapatna in 1649 by Leonardo Cinnami, an Italian Jesuit from Goa.[4] Although a few years later Cinnami was expelled from Mysore on account of opposition in Kanthirava's court, towards the end of Kanthirava's rule, Cinnami returned to establish missions in half a dozen locations.[4] During his second stay, Cinnami obtained permission to convert Kanthirava's subjects to Christianity; however, he was successful mostly in the eastern regions of Kanthirava's dominions, regions that later became part of the Madras Presidency of British India.[4] (Subrahmanyam 1989, p. 209) notes, "...Of a reported 1700 converts in the Mysore mission in the mid-1660s, a mere quarter were Kannadigas (Kannada language speakers), the rest being Tamil speakers from the western districts of modern-day Tamil Nadu...".[4]
In popular culture[edit | edit source]
His life story was adapted into the 1960 Kannada movie Ranadheera Kanteerava.[5]
See also[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Rao, C. Hayavadana. "History of Mysore (1399-1799 A.D.)" (PDF). Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series 1908, p. 20
- ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series 1908, p. 20, Michell 1995, p. 20
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Subrahmanyam 1989, pp. 208–209
- ↑ "Team 'Daredevil Musthafa' to Release a Special Animation Song Tribute to Dr. Rajkumar — KSHVID". 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
References[edit | edit source]
- Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series (1908), Mysore and Coorg, Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. Pp. xvii, 365, 1 map.
- Michell, George (1995), Architecture and Art of Southern India: Vijayanagara and the successor states: 1350–1750, Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 250, ISBN 0-521-44110-2
- Subrahmanyam, Sanjay (1989), "Warfare and state finance in Wodeyar Mysore, 1724–25: A missionary perspective", Indian Economic and Social History Review, 26 (2): 203–233, doi:10.1177/001946468902600203, S2CID 145180609