Chamaraja Wodeyar IX

Chamaraja Wodeyar IX (28 February 1774 – 17 April 1796) was the twenty-first maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1776 for two decades until 1796.

Life

Chamaraja Wodeyar IX was a son of Chikka Devaraj Urs of Arikuthara of the Karugahalli family. After the death of his older brother and predecessor Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII, he was adopted by Maharani Lakshmi Ammani Devi, widow of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar II. He reigned under the controls of Sarvadhikari Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, like his three immediate predecessors did: Maharajas Krishanaraja Wodeyar II, Nanjaraja Wodeyar, and Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII.

In January 1786, when Tipu Sultan seized total power, the Sultan established the new state of Khudadad, and assumed the title of Padshah. After Tipu seized total power, the maharaja died of smallpox at the Royal Palace of Seringapatam on 17 April 1796. Tipu Sultan deposed the Wodeyar dynasty and became sole ruler of Mysore Sultanate for the next three years, until his death in 1799.

Between 1796 and 1799, for the first and the last time, the Mysore throne never had a Wadiyar maharaja, titular, absolute, puppet, or otherwise.