List of Dewans of Mysore

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The following lists the dalvoys and dewans of Mysore from the 18th century to the 20th.

Prime Ministers of Mysore
No. Portrait Name Tenure Term Maharaja
Dalvoys of Mysore Kingdom
(1732–1782)
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar VII
(1732–1734)
Devarajaiya Urs 1732 - 1734
Under Krishnaraja Wodeyar II

(1734–1766)

Devarajaiya Urs 1734 - 1761
Hyder Ali[1][2] 1761 - 1766
Under Nanjaraja Wodeyar

(1766–1770)

Hyder Ali 1766 - 1770
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII
(1770–1776)
Hyder Ali 1770 - 1776
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar IX
(1776–1782)
Hyder Ali 1776 - 1782
Dewans of Mysore Kingdom
(1782–1949)
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar IX
1 Purnaiah[3] Dec 1782 - May 1799 1
Under Krishnaraja Wadiyar III
(1799–1881)
(1) Purnaiah May 1799 - Apr 1811 2
2 Bargir Bakshi Balaji Rao Apr 1811 - Jan 1812 1
3 Savar Bakshi Rama Rao Feb 1812 - Oct 1817 1
4 Babu Rao Nov 1817 - Apr 1818 1
5 Siddharaj Urs May 1818 - Feb 1820 1
(4) Babu Rao Mar 1820 - Aug 1821 2
6 Lingaraj Urs Nov 1821 - Nov 1822 1
(4) Babu Rao Dec 1822 - Nov 1825 3
- (None) Nov 1825 - May 1827 -
7 Venkata Urs May 1827 - Oct 1831 1
8 Venkataramanaiya Oct 1831 - May 1832 1
(4) Babu Rao May 1832 - Aug 1834 4
9 Kollam Venkata Rao Apr 1834 - 1838 1
10 Surappaya 1838 - 1840 1
(9) Kollam Venkata Rao 1840 - 1844 2
11 Kola Krishnama Naidu 1844 - 1858 1
12 Kola Vijayarangam Naidu 1858 - 1864 1
13 Arunachala Mudaliar 1864 - 1866 1
(None) 1866 - 1868 -
Under British Crown
(1881–1894)
(None) 1868 - 20 Mar 1881 -
Under Chamarajendra Wadiyar X
(1881–1894)
14 C. V. Rungacharlu Mar 1881 - Jan 1883 1
15 K. Seshadri Iyer Jan 1883 - Dec 1894 1
Under Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
(1894–1940)
(15) K. Seshadri Iyer Dec 1894 - Aug 1900 (1)
[15] T. R. A. Thumboo Chetty(acting for Iyer) Aug 1900 - Mar 1901 1
16 P. N. Krishnamurti[4] Mar 1901 - Jun 1906 1
17 V. P. Madhava Rao[5] Jun 1906 - Mar 1909 1
18 T. Ananda Rao Apr 1909 - Sep 1912 1
19 M. Visvesvaraya[6] Nov 1912 - Dec 1918 1
20 M. Kantaraj Urs Dec 1918 - Feb 1922 1
21 A. R. Banerjee Mar 1922 - Apr 1926 1
22 Mirza Ismail[7][8] May 1926 - Aug 1940 1
Under Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
(1940-1950)
(22) Mirza Ismail[7][8] Aug 1940 - 1941 (1)
23 M. N. Krishna Rao 1941 - 1941 1
24 N. Madhava Rao[9] 1941 - 1946 1
25 A. R. Mudaliar[10] 1946 - 1949 1
Chief Ministers of Karnataka
List of chief ministers of Karnataka

See also

References

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