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South India during the time of Dodda Kempadevaraja.
Dodda Kempadevaraja (also Doddadevaiya Urs) was the wodeyar ruler of Mysore (a principality or petty kingdom in southern India) from 1659 until 1672.[1]
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Early years
Dodda Kempadevaraja was born on 25 May 1627, the fourth son of Prince Devarajendra Wodeyar, by his second wife, Kempamamba Ammani Avaru. He was imprisoned with his father at Hengul Fort in 1638, the year of incumbency of his cousin Kanthirava Narasaraja I. He was adopted and appointed heir apparent, with title Yuvaraja on 28 July 1659. He succeeded his cousin on the latter's death on 31 July 1659, and was installed on the Mysore gaddi on 19 August 1659
Rule
During his rule, the last of the Vijayanagara rulers sought refuge in Bednur.[1] Soon afterwards, Sivappa Naik, the Nayaka of Kelladi attacked Seringapatam with a large force and with the ostensible intention of restoring Vijayanagara rule at Seringapatam.[1] However, the Mysore forces, led by Dodda Kempadevaraja, repulsed the attack and thereafter pursued the attackers into the malnad region to the west, where they captured more territory.[1] Dodda Kempadevaraja also abrogated his nominal allegiance to Vijayanagar and declared his kingdom to be independent.[1] Soon the Naiks of Madura invaded Mysore as well; they too were repulsed and chased back into their own dominions, where Erode and Dharapuram were annexed to Mysore and Trichonopoly was forced to pay tribute to Mysore.[1] When the Dodda Kempadevaraja died in Chiknayakanhalli, the northernmost outpost of his territories, in 1672, his dominions had considerably expanded.[1] They extended now to Dharapuram in Coimbatore in the south, Sakkarepatna (now Chikmagalur) to the west, and Salem to the east.[1]
See also
- History of Mysore and Coorg, 1565–1760
Notes
References
- Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series (1908), Mysore and Coorg, Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing. Pp. xvii, 365, 1 map., http://books.google.com/books?id=lgO2AAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0
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