Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII

Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII
Raja of Mysore
Reign	1770 - 1776
Coronation	Seringapatam, 16 August 1770
Born	27 August 1759
Died	6 September 1776 Royal Palace, Seringapatam
Dynasty	Wodeyar dynasty
Father	Krishnaraja Wodeyar II
Mother	Devaja Ammani Avaru
Religion	Hinduism

Mysore Kings (1399–present)
Under Vijayanagara Empire (1399–1565)
Yaduraya Wodeyar	(1399–1423)
Chamaraja Wodeyar I	(1423–1459)
Timmaraja Wodeyar I	(1459–1478)
Chamaraja Wodeyar II	(1478–1513)
Chamaraja Wodeyar III	(1513–1553)
Independent Wodeyar Kings (1565–1761)
Timmaraja Wodeyar II	(1553–1572)
Chamaraja Wodeyar IV	(1572–1576)
Chamaraja Wodeyar V	(1576–1578)
Raja Wodeyar I	(1578–1617)
Chamaraja Wodeyar VI	(1617–1637)
Raja Wodeyar II	(1637–1638)
Narasaraja Wodeyar I	(1638–1659)
Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar	(1659–1673)
Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar	(1673–1704)
Narasaraja Wodeyar II	(1704–1714)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar I	(1714–1732)
Chamaraja Wodeyar VII	(1732–1734)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar II	(1734–1766)
Under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan (1761–1799)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar II	(1734–1766)
Nanjaraja Wodeyar	(1766–1770)
Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII	(1770–1776)
Chamaraja Wodeyar IX	(1776–1796)
Under British Rule (1799–1831)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III	(1799–1831)
(Monarchy abolished) Titular monarchy (1831–1881)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III	(1831–1868)
Chamaraja Wodeyar X	(1868–1881)
(Monarchy restored) Under British Rule and Dominion of India (1881–1950)
Chamaraja Wodeyar X	(1881–1894)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV	(1894–1940)
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar	(1940–1950)
(Monarchy abolished) Titular monarchy (1950–present)
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar	(1950–1974)
Srikanta Wodeyar	(1974–2013)
Yaduveera Chamaraja Wadiyar	(2015–present)

Maharaja Shri Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII Bahadur (27 August 1759 - 6 September 1776.) or Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII, was the Raja of Mysore (r. 1770 - 1776). He reigned under the control of powerful Sarvadhikari, Hyder Ali.

Life

He was the second son of Krishnaraja Wodeyar II and succeeded on the death of his elder brother Nanjaraja Wodeyar, 2 August 1770.

16 September 1776, He was strangled and killed in the bath at the Royal Palace of Seringapatam, on the orders of Hyder Ali.

See also

• Wodeyar dynasty

External links

• Palace and the Wodeyar Dynasty