INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Mysore.
ceeded to gaddi as a minor, 1895; claims descent from the race of Yadavas; the administration of the State during the minority of His Highness, was conducted by a Council of Regency composed of Her Highness the Maharani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana, C.I. (mother of the Maharaja) with the help of a Diwan and three Councillors; educ: first, under the guidance of Mr. P. Raghavender Rao, B.A., B.L., and afterwards under the guidance of Mr. Stuart Milford Fraser, C.I.E., I.C.S.; m. Pratap Kumari Bai, d. of the Rana Sahib of Vana, Kathiawar, 1900; assumed direct control of the State, 1901; opened the ' Industrial and Arts Exhibition, Madras,' 1903; invited to the Delhi Durbar 1903; entertained in his capital Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and the Princess of Wales (the present Emperor and Empress), 1906; visited the Indian Industrial Exhibition, Calcutta, the same year; sanctioned the formation of a Legislative Council in his State, which has been doing satisfactory work; placed all the resources of his State, even including his personal services, at the disposal of the Government of India, owing to the present European War; maintains a Military force of about 2,722, composed of 2 regiments of Silladar Cavalry and 3 Battalions of Barr Infantry; one of the Cavalry regiments is the well known ‘Mysore Imperial Service Lancers’, with which is kept up an Imperial Transport Corps; entitled to a salute of 21 guns; area of the State, 29,433 square miles; population, nearly six millions; revenue, nearly 2½ crores; military expenditure of the State, nearly 9½ lakhs. Recreations: Hunting, Driving, Motoring, Polo, Racquets and Music. Address: ‘The Palace’, Mysore; ‘Fern Hill’, Ootacamund, Madras Presidency, India.
Mysore, Yuvaraja of; Prince Sir Sree Kantirava Narasimha Raja Woodlyar Bahadur, C.I.E. (1911) 2nd s. of late Highness Maharaja Chamaraj Woodiyai Bahadur of Mysore, and brother of the present ruler; b. in Mysore, 5th June 1888; educ: in Mysore under Mr. S. M. Fraser, I.C.S., assisted by Messrs. P. Raghavendra Rao, T. Narayana Iyengar, Bhima Rao and Hussain Ali; accompanied the Maharaja in his tour through Burma, 1901; returned to Mysore and resumed studies; joined the Mayo Rajkumar College, Ajmere, 1903; returned to Mysore owing to ill-health, 1904; continued studies under the instruction of Captain R. J. W. Heale, assisted by Messrs. M. A. Narayana Iyengar, and M. A. Singaracharry; visited Kashmir, accompanied by Colonel Drake Brockman, I.M.S., 1908; under-took a tour to Japan, December 1908; visited many important places in Japan, and returned to Mysore, March 1909 , m. Kempa Cheluvajammanni, 4th d. of late Sirdar Dalavai Devaraj Urs, one of the leading noblemen of Mysore, 1910; accompanied his brother H.H. the Maharaja to the Delhi Durbar, 1911; proceeded on a tour to Europe and visited England, France, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium, 1913; returned to Mysore, October 1913, Recreations: Riding, Polo, Racquets and Turf. Address: Mysore, India.
