Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV | |||||
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![]() Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, portrait by K. Keshavayya (c. 1906) | |||||
24th Maharaja of Mysore | |||||
Reign | 1902 – 3 August 1940 | ||||
Coronation | 1 February 1895, Mysore Palace | ||||
Predecessor | Chamarajendra Wadiyar X | ||||
Successor | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | ||||
Born | Mysore Palace, Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore (present-day Karnataka, India) | 4 June 1884||||
Died | 3 August 1940 Bangalore Palace, Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore (present-day Karnataka, India) | (aged 56)||||
Spouse | Soubhagyavati Maharani Lakshmivilas Sannidhana Sri Pratapa Kumaribai Devi Ammani Avaru | ||||
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House | Wadiyar dynasty | ||||
Father | Chamarajendra Wadiyar X | ||||
Mother | Kempananjammani Devi | ||||
Religion | Hinduism |
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth Maharaja of Mysore, reigning from 1902 until his death in 1940.
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV is popularly deemed a rajarshi, or 'saintly king', a moniker with which Mahatma Gandhi revered the king in 1925 for his administrative reforms and achievements.[1][2] He was a philosopher king, seen by Paul Brunton as living the ideal expressed in Plato's Republic.[3] Herbert Samuel compared him to Emperor Ashoka. Acknowledging the maharaja's noble and efficient kingship, John Sankey declared in 1930 at the first Round Table Conference in London, "Mysore is the best administered state in the world".[4][5] He is often regarded as the "father of modern Mysore" and his reign the "golden age of Mysore".[6] Madan Mohan Malaviya described the maharaja as "dharmic" (virtuous in conduct). John Gunther, the American author, heaped praise on the king. In an obituary, The Times called him "a ruling prince second to none in esteem and affection inspired by both his impressive administration and his attractive personality".[7]
At the time of his death, Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV was one of the world's wealthiest men, with a personal fortune estimated in 1940 to be worth US$400 million, equivalent to $7 billion in 2018 prices.[8] He was the second-wealthiest Indian, after Osman Ali Khan, the Nizam of Hyderabad.
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