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unusual facts about Mysore kingdom



Castes and Tribes of Southern India

Castes and Tribes of Southern India is a seven-volume encyclopedia of social groups of Madras Presidency and the princely states of Travancore, Mysore, Coorg and Pudukkottai published by British museologist Edgar Thurston and K. Rangachari in 1909.


see also

Ananda Rao

T. Ananda Rao, Tanjore Ananda Rao, (1852 - 1919), Indian administrator and Diwan of the Mysore kingdom

Mysorean invasion of Kerala

In 1761, Hyder Ali seized control of all of the reins of power in Mysore by overthrowing a powerful minister and became the "de facto" head of Mysore Kingdom.

S. R. Bommai

He also played an active role in the unification (Ekikarana in Kannada) of Karnataka which had been divided into Mysore kingdom, Bombay Presidency and Madras Presidency, during the British rule.