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{{Short description|Maharaja of Mysore from 1766–1770}}
{{Short description|Maharaja of Mysore from 1766 to 1770}}
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| name               = Nanjaraja Wodeyar
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| reign             = 1766–1770
| reign       = 25 April 1766 – 2 August 1770
| succession     = [[Maharaja of Mysore]]
| succession   = 19th [[Maharaja of Mysore]]
| coronation         = [[Srirangapatna]], 6 May 1766
| coronation   = [[Srirangapatna]], 6 May 1766
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| birth_date         = 1748
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| death_date         = 2 August 1770
| death_date   = 2 August 1770
| death_place       = Royal Palace, Seringapatam
| death_place = Royal Palace, Srirangapata
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| predecessor       =[[Krishnaraja Wadiyar II]] (father)  
| predecessor = [[Krishnaraja Wadiyar II]] (father)
| successor         =[[Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII]] (younger brother)  
| successor   = [[Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII]] (younger brother)
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| father             = [[Krishnaraja Wodeyar II]]
| father       = [[Krishnaraja Wodeyar II]]
| mother             = Devaja Ammani Avaru
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'''Nanjaraja Wodeyar''' (Nanjaraja Wodeyar Bahadur; 1748 – 2 August 1770) was the nineteenth [[Maharaja of Mysore|maharaja]] of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] for only four years, from 1766 to 1770, as puppet under ''[[sarvadhikari]]'' [[Hyder Ali]], like his father was.
'''Nanjaraja Wodeyar''' (Nanjaraja Wodeyar Bahadur; 1748 – 2 August 1770) was the nineteenth [[Maharaja of Mysore|maharaja]] of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] for only four years, from 1766 to 1770.<ref>{{cite book | last=Sampath | first=Vikram | title=Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore's Interregnum (1760–1799) | publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited | date=2024-10-31 | isbn=978-93-6790-094-9 | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tipu_Sultan/tTgxEQAAQBAJ?hl=es-419&gbpv=1&dq=Nanjaraja+Wodeyar&pg=PT136&printsec=frontcover | access-date=2025-11-02 | page=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Balakrishna | first=Sandeep | title=TipuSultan- The Tyrant of Mysore | publisher=RARE Publications | date=2015-01-28 | isbn=978-2-7659-0832-6 | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/TipuSultan_The_Tyrant_of_Mysore/dwRtBgAAQBAJ?hl=es-419&gbpv=1&dq=Nanjaraja+Wodeyar&pg=PT48&printsec=frontcover | access-date=2025-11-02 | page=}}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
He was eldest son of Maharaja [[Krishnaraja Wodeyar II]], and succeeded on the death of his father in 1766.
He was eldest son of Maharaja [[Krishnaraja Wodeyar II]], and succeeded on the death of his father in 1766.
==References==
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==See also==
==See also==
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Nanjaraja Wodeyar
19th Maharaja of Mysore
Reign25 April 1766 – 2 August 1770
CoronationSrirangapatna, 6 May 1766
PredecessorKrishnaraja Wadiyar II (father)
SuccessorChamaraja Wodeyar VIII (younger brother)
Born1748
Died2 August 1770
Royal Palace, Srirangapata
HouseWodeyar
DynastyWodeyar dynasty
FatherKrishnaraja Wodeyar II
MotherDevaja Ammani Avaru
ReligionHinduism

Nanjaraja Wodeyar (Nanjaraja Wodeyar Bahadur; 1748 – 2 August 1770) was the nineteenth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore for only four years, from 1766 to 1770.[1][2]

Life[edit | edit source]

He was eldest son of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, and succeeded on the death of his father in 1766.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Sampath, Vikram (31 October 2024). Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore's Interregnum (1760–1799). Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-6790-094-9. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  2. Balakrishna, Sandeep (28 January 2015). TipuSultan- The Tyrant of Mysore. RARE Publications. ISBN 978-2-7659-0832-6. Retrieved 2 November 2025.

See also[edit | edit source]