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Chamaraja Wodeyar VII

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Chamaraja Wodeyar VII
Maharaja of Mysore
17th Maharaja of Mysore
Reign1732–1734
Coronation19 March 1732
PredecessorDodda Krishnaraja I (father)
SuccessorKrishnaraja Wadiyar II (brother)
BornChamaiya Hadidentu Tingal
1704
Died1734
Kabaladurga
DynastyWodeyar dynasty
FatherDevaraj Urs Dodda Krishnaraja I (adoptive father)
ReligionHinduism

Chamaraja Wodeyar VII (1704 – 1734) was the seventeenth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore. He ruled only for two years, from 1732 to 1734.

Adoption and coronation

He was son of Devaraj Urs of Ankanhalli and adopted by Maharani Devajamma and Maharaja Dodda Krishnaraja Wodeyar I.

19 March 1732, he ascended the throne at Seringapatam. But on 10 June 1734 he was deposed and imprisoned with his wife for opposing the dalvoys, his late father's cousin Nanjaraja and commander Devaraja. He died in prison at Kabaladurga, in the same year. He was succeeded by his brother Krishnaraja Wadiyar II.

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