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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. .  to gaddi as a minor, 1895; claims descent from the race of Yadavas; the administration of the State during the minority of His Highness, was conducted by a Council of Regency composed of Her Highness the Maharani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana, C.I. (mother of the Maharaja) with the help of a Diwan and three Councillors; educ: first, under the guidance of Mr. P. Raghavender Rao, B.A., B.L., and afterwards under the guidance of Mr. Stuart Milford Fraser, C.I.E., I.C.S.; m. Pratap Kumari Bai, d. of the Rana Sahib of Vana, Kathiawar, 1900; assumed direct control of the State, 1901; opened the ' Industrial and Arts Exhibition, Madras,' 1903; invited to the Delhi Durbar 1903; entertained in his capital Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and the Princess of Wales (the present Emperor and Empress), 1906; visited the Indian Industrial Exhibition, Calcutta, the same year; sanctioned the formation of a Legislative Council in his State, which has been doing satisfactory work; placed all the resources of his State, even including his personal services, at the disposal of the Government of India, owing to the present European War; maintains a Military force of about 2,722, composed of 2 regiments of Silladar Cavalry and 3 Battalions of Barr Infantry; one of the Cavalry regiments is the well known ‘Mysore Imperial Service Lancers’, with which is kept up an Imperial Transport Corps; entitled to a salute of 21 guns; area of the State, 29,433 square miles; population, nearly six millions; revenue, nearly 2½ crores; military expenditure of the State, nearly 9½ lakhs. Recreations: Hunting, Driving, Motoring, Polo, Racquets and Music. Address: ‘The Palace’, Mysore; ‘Fern Hill’, Ootacamund, Madras Presidency, India.  Mysore, Yuvaraja of; Prince Sir Sree Kantirava Narasimha Raja Woodlyar Bahadur, C.I.E. (1911) 2nd s. of late Highness Maharaja Chamaraj Woodiyai Bahadur of Mysore, and brother of the present ruler; b. in Mysore, 5th June 1888; educ: in Mysore under Mr. S. M. Fraser, I.C.S., assisted by Messrs. P. Raghavendra Rao, T. Narayana Iyengar, Bhima Rao and Hussain Ali; accompanied the Maharaja in his tour through Burma, 1901; returned to Mysore and resumed studies; joined the Mayo Rajkumar College, Ajmere, 1903; returned to Mysore owing to ill-health, 1904; continued studies under the instruction of Captain R. J. W. Heale, assisted by Messrs. M. A. Narayana Iyengar, and M. A. Singaracharry; visited Kashmir, accompanied by Colonel Drake Brockman, I.M.S., 1908; under-took a tour to Japan, December 1908; visited many important places in Japan, and returned to Mysore, March 1909, m. Kempa Cheluvajammanni, 4th d. of late Sirdar Dalavai Devaraj Urs, one of the leading noblemen of Mysore, 1910; accompanied his brother H.H. the Maharaja to the Delhi Durbar, 1911; proceeded on a tour to Europe and visited England, France, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium, 1913; returned to Mysore, October 1913, Recreations: Riding, Polo, Racquets and Turf. Address: Mysore, India. 295