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Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a political territory within the Dominion of India and the subsequent Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore, and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capital.
The Kingdom of Mysore was a geopolitical realm in southern India founded in around 1399 [2] in the vicinity of the modern-day city of Mysore and prevailed until 1950. The territorial boundaries and the form of government transmuted substantially throughout the kingdom's lifetime.
Mysore ( / maɪˈsɔːr / ⓘ my-SOR ), officially Mysuru ( Kannada: [ˈmaɪˈsuːɾu] ⓘ ), is the second-most populous city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. [5] . It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division.
Jul 11, 2024 · The word Mysuru is a corrupted version of “ mysooru “, which is derived from the word “ mahishur ” or “ Mahishasurana Ooru “, which means the town of Mahishasura in Kannada, the local language. Mysuru has been associated with the Puranic story found in the Devi Bhagavatha.
Jul 17, 2024 · Mysuru, city, south-central Karnataka state, southern India. It lies northwest of Chamundi Hill and midway between the Kaveri (Cauvery) and Kabani (Kabbani) rivers on the undulating Deccan plateau at an elevation of 2,525 feet (770 metres). The land surrounding the city is characterized by.
Aug 18, 2022 · Mysore was a welfare state ruled by the Wadiyar kings even during British colonisation. Unlike other princely states of the time, Mysore was democratic. Elections were introduced here in 1881...
Nov 1, 2023 · BENGALURU: Between the establishment of the unified 'Mysore State' and its renaming in 1973 as Karnataka was a 17-year period characterized by intense debates and agitations seeking the name change, both within and outside the legislature.
4 days ago · The documented history of the region focuses mostly on the princely state of Mysore as it existed before 1953, for no one dynasty succeeded in ruling the whole region occupied by the Kannada-speaking peoples—the area that essentially constitutes present-day Karnataka.
Nov 1, 2023 · Bangalore, Nov. 1, The age-old name, Mysore, slided back into history when the State was rechristened ‘Karnataka’ to-day. Millions of Kannada-speaking people went gay celebrating the occasion.
The Kingdom of Mysore (Kannada ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ ) (1399–1947 C.E.) was a kingdom of southern India founded in 1399 by Yaduraya in the region of the modern city of Mysore. The kingdom, ruled by the Wodeyar family, served as a feudatory of the Vijayanagara Empire until the empire's decline in 1565.
