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Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII

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Reign
  
1770 - 1776

Name
  
Chamaraja VIII

Mother
  
Devaja Ammani Avaru

Father
  
Krishnaraja Wodeyar II

Dynasty
  
Wodeyar dynasty


Coronation
  
Seringapatam, 16 August 1770

Died
  
6 September 1776Royal Palace, Seringapatam

Maharaja Shri Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII Bahadur (27 August 1759 – 6 September 1776.) or Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII, was the Raja of Mysore (r. 1770 – 1776). He reigned under the control of powerful Sarvadhikari, Hyder Ali.

Life

He was the second son of Krishnaraja Wodeyar II and succeeded on the death of his elder brother Nanjaraja Wodeyar, 2 August 1770.

16 September 1776, He was strangled and killed in the bath at the Royal Palace of Seringapatam, on the orders of Hyder Ali.

References

Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII Wikipedia


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