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 In the year 1117, [[Vishnuvardhana]], the great king of [[Hoysala]] dynasty seized Gangavathi and its capital [[Talakad]] from the Cholas. To commemorate this achievement, [[Vishnuvardhana]] built the Keerthinarayana temple at [[Talakad]].<ref name="vishnu">The history of Talakad has been presented by {{cite web | author=Latha Senali|title=Temple Tales|work=Online Edition of Deccan Herald, dated 2003-11-28|publisher=1999, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd.|accessdate=2007-03-29 |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov28/spt6.asp. |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070311040000/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov28/spt6.asp |archivedate = 2007-03-11}}</ref> Gangavadi was ruled by the [[Hoysala]]s till the death of their last ruler, [[Veera Ballala III]] after which Gangavadi became a part of the [[Vijayanagar Empire]]. In 1399, Yaduraya established the Wodeyar dynasty at [[Mysore]].<ref name="hist2">A history of Mysore kings is presented by {{cite web |author=Correspondent |title=Wodeyars of Mysore (1578-1947) |url=http://www.mysoredasara.com/history.htm |publisher=Organising Committee of Dasara Festivities 2006, Govt. of Karnataka|work=MysoreDasara.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070122172300/http://www.mysoredasara.com/history.htm |archivedate=2007-01-22 |accessdate=2019-11-18}}</ref> It remained as a feudatory to the [[Vijayanagar Empire]] owing allegiance to the Vijayanagar kings and the Vijayanagar representative at [[Srirangapatna]], till the fall of the [[Vijayanagar Empire]] in 1565 CE. In the vacuum that was created, Raja Wodeyar I (1578–1617) established control and became the first major ruler of the Wodeyar family. He defeated the Vijayanagar representative in a battle at Kesare near Mysore, shifted his capital from Mysore to [[Srirangapatna]] in 1610 AD.<ref name="yadu">A history of the Wodeyar kings of Mysore is presented by {{cite web|author=Correspondent|title=Kings of Mysore, royal family, heritage|url=http://www.mysoresamachar.com/maharajasofmysore.htm|publisher=MysoreSamachar.com|work=Mysore Samachar, Online Edition|accessdate=2007-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070116163038/http://www.mysoresamachar.com/maharajasofmysore.htm|archive-date=16 January 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-The Wodeyars continued to rule over Mysore till the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1734–1766), when [[Hyder Ali]] Khan and his son [[Tipu Sultan]] became the virtual rulers of Mysore.<ref name="hist2" /> Though there were Wodeyar kings during the rule of [[Hyder Ali]] and [[Tipu Sultan]], they were mere figureheads. With the death of [[Tipu Sultan]] in 1799 under the hands of the [[British India|British]], the Wodeyars were reinstated to the throne of [[Mysore]] and the capital was shifted back to [[Mysore]]. Prince Krishnaraja Wodeyar III who was just 5 years old was installed on the throne of Mysore in 1799.<ref name="hist2" /> Wodeyars were the subsidiaries of the [[British Empire]] and had to pay annual subsidies. During the rule of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III, the British took the kingdom back from Wodeyars in 1831 under the pretext that the Wodeyar king did not pay the annual subsidy.<ref name="herald">A brief description of the British Raj's rule at Mysore is described by {{cite web | author=Janardhan Roye |url= http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jul182005/metromon1354182005717.asp |title=From Tipu to the Raj Bhavan | work = Online Edition of the Deccan Herald, dated 2005-07-18| publisher = 2005, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. | accessdate=2007-03-30}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Commissioners were appointed to rule over the Mysore kingdom. Mark Cubbon (Cubbon Road and Cubbon Park in [[Bangalore]] city are named after him) and L. B. Bowring (Bowring Hospital in Bangalore city is named after him) were the prominent British Commissioners who ruled over Mysore. However, the Wodeyar kings raised a plea against this with the British Parliament who gave a ruling favour of the Wodeyars. In 1881, [[Chamaraja Wodeyar|Chamaraja Wodeyar IX]] (son of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III and Wodeyar king since 1868) was given back the reins of the Mysore kingdom from the British.<ref name="herald" /> The Wodeyars continued to rule over the Mysore Kingdom, till the rule of [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar]] who, in the year 1947, merged his kingdom into the new dominion of independent India. He remained as a Maharaja till India became a republic in the year 1950 after which he was anointed as a Raja Pramukh (a constitutional position) as the head of Mysore state till 1956. In 1956, after the reorganisation of Indian states, the [[Mysore]] state was born and [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar]] was made as the governor of this state &mdash; the position he held until 1964.
+The Wodeyars continued to rule over Mysore till the reign of Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1734–1766), when [[Hyder Ali]] Khan and his son [[Tipu Sultan]] became the virtual rulers of Mysore.<ref name="hist2" /> Though there were Wodeyar kings during the rule of [[Hyder Ali]] and [[Tipu Sultan]], they were mere figureheads. With the death of [[Tipu Sultan]] in 1799 under the hands of the [[British India|British]], the Wodeyars were reinstated to the throne of [[Mysore]] and the capital was shifted back to [[Mysore]]. Prince Krishnaraja Wodeyar III who was just 5 years old was installed on the throne of Mysore in 1799.<ref name="hist2" /> Wodeyars were the subsidiaries of the [[British Empire]] and had to pay annual subsidies. During the rule of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III, the British took the kingdom back from Wodeyars in 1831 under the pretext that the Wodeyar king did not pay the annual subsidy.<ref name="herald">A brief description of the British Raj's rule at Mysore is described by {{cite web | author=Janardhan Roye |url= http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jul182005/metromon1354182005717.asp |title=From Tipu to the Raj Bhavan | work = Online Edition of the Deccan Herald, dated 2005-07-18| publisher = 2005, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. | accessdate=2007-03-30}}</ref> Commissioners were appointed to rule over the Mysore kingdom. Mark Cubbon (Cubbon Road and Cubbon Park in [[Bangalore]] city are named after him) and L. B. Bowring (Bowring Hospital in Bangalore city is named after him) were the prominent British Commissioners who ruled over Mysore. However, the Wodeyar kings raised a plea against this with the British Parliament who gave a ruling favour of the Wodeyars. In 1881, [[Chamaraja Wodeyar|Chamaraja Wodeyar IX]] (son of Krishnaraja Wodeyar III and Wodeyar king since 1868) was given back the reins of the Mysore kingdom from the British.<ref name="herald" /> The Wodeyars continued to rule over the Mysore Kingdom, till the rule of [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar]] who, in the year 1947, merged his kingdom into the new dominion of independent India. He remained as a Maharaja till India became a republic in the year 1950 after which he was anointed as a Raja Pramukh (a constitutional position) as the head of Mysore state till 1956. In 1956, after the reorganisation of Indian states, the [[Mysore]] state was born and [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar]] was made as the governor of this state &mdash; the position he held until 1964.
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-==See also==
-*[[Mysore]] (City)
-*[[Mysore division]]
-*[[Nanjangud]]
 ==Notes==