List of Dewans of Mysore

Last updated May 26, 2025

The following lists the dalvoys and dewans of Mysore from the 18th century to the 20th.

Prime Ministers of Mysore
No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure	Term	Maharaja
Dalvoys of Mysore Kingdom (1732–1782)
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar VII (1732–1734)
		Devarajaiya Urs	1732 - 1734
Under Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1734–1766)
		Devarajaiya Urs	1734 - 1761
		Hyder Ali ^[1]^[2]	1761 - 1766
Under Nanjaraja Wodeyar (1766–1770)
		Hyder Ali	1766 - 1770
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII (1770–1776)
		Hyder Ali	1770 - 1776
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar IX (1776–1782)
		Hyder Ali	1776 - 1782
Dewans of Mysore Kingdom (1782–1949)
Under Chamaraja Wodeyar IX
1		Purnaiah ^[3]	Dec 1782 - May 1799	1
Under Krishnaraja Wadiyar III (1799–1881)
(1)		Purnaiah	May 1799 - Apr 1811	2
2		Bargir Bakshi Balaji Rao	Apr 1811 - Jan 1812	1
3		Savar Bakshi Rama Rao	Feb 1812 - Oct 1817	1
4		Babu Rao	Nov 1817 - Apr 1818	1
5		Siddharaj Urs	May 1818 - Feb 1820	1
(4)		Babu Rao	Mar 1820 - Aug 1821	2
6		Lingaraj Urs	Nov 1821 - Nov 1822	1
(4)		Babu Rao	Dec 1822 - Nov 1825	3
-		(None)	Nov 1825 - May 1827	-
7		Venkata Urs	May 1827 - Oct 1831	1
8		Venkataramanaiya	Oct 1831 - May 1832	1
(4)		Babu Rao	May 1832 - Aug 1834	4
9		Kollam Venkata Rao	Apr 1834 - 1838	1
10		Surappaya	1838 - 1840	1
(9)		Kollam Venkata Rao	1840 - 1844	2
11		Kola Krishnama Naidu	1844 - 1858	1
12		Kola Vijayarangam Naidu	1858 - 1864	1
13		Arunachala Mudaliar	1864 - 1866	1
		(None)	1866 - 1868	-
Under British Crown (1881–1894)
		(None)	1868 - 20 Mar 1881	-
Under Chamarajendra Wadiyar X (1881–1894)
14		C. V. Rungacharlu	Mar 1881 - Jan 1883	1
15		K. Seshadri Iyer	Jan 1883 - Dec 1894	1
Under Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1894–1940)
(15)		K. Seshadri Iyer	Dec 1894 - Aug 1900	(1)
[15]		T. R. A. Thumboo Chetty(acting for Iyer)	Aug 1900 - Mar 1901	1
16		P. N. Krishnamurti ^[4]	Mar 1901 - Jun 1906	1
17		V. P. Madhava Rao ^[5]	Jun 1906 - Mar 1909	1
18		T. Ananda Rao	Apr 1909 - Sep 1912	1
19		M. Visvesvaraya ^[6]	Nov 1912 - Dec 1918	1
20		M. Kantaraj Urs	Dec 1918 - Feb 1922	1
21		A. R. Banerjee	Mar 1922 - Apr 1926	1
22		Mirza Ismail ^[7]^[8]	May 1926 - Aug 1940	1
Under Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1940-1950)
(22)		Mirza Ismail ^[7]^[8]	Aug 1940 - 1941	(1)
23		M. N. Krishna Rao	1941 - 1941	1
24		N. Madhava Rao ^[9]	1941 - 1946	1
25		A. R. Mudaliar ^[10]	1946 - 1949	1
Chief Ministers of Karnataka
List of chief ministers of Karnataka

References

↑ Robson, Francis (1786). The Life Of Hyder Ally: With an Account of His Usurpation of the Kingdom of Mysore. London: S Hooper, High Holborn. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ Dallapiccola, A. L. (July 1997). "Mysore royal Dasara. By Swami Sivapriyananda, photographs by Gajendra Singh Auwa pp. 160, 137 col. illus. New Delhi, Abhinav Publications, 1995. Rs 1800" . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 7 (2): 306–307. doi:10.1017/s1356186300009044. ISSN 1356-1863. S2CID 162104644.
↑ Bhargava, Moti Lal (1970). History of Modern India. Upper India Publishing House. p. 261.
↑ Harry Halén (1978). Handbook of oriental collections in Finland: manuscripts, xylographs, inscriptions and Russian minority literature, Issues 31-34. Curzon Press. p. 73. The leader of the Hebbar Iyengars, Krishnaiengar, had also died and instead they supported P. N. Krishnamurthi, the grandson of the great Purnaiya.
↑ Prasad, S Narendra (23 June 2015). "Revisiting days of yore". No. Bangalore. Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
↑ "Diwans take over". The Hindu . 15 August 2002. Archived from the original on 22 June 2003.
1 2 "Page 29 | Issue 34470, 4 January 1938 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
1 2 P. 254-258, Business Legends by Gita Piramal (1998) – Published by Viking Penguin India
↑ Kadati Reddera Basavaraja (1984). History and Culture of Karnataka: Early Times to Unification. Chalukya Publications. p. 334.
↑ "Diwans of Mysore". Princely States of India K–Z. worldstatesman.org. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.

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[Robson-1] Robson, Francis (1786). The Life Of Hyder Ally: With an Account of His Usurpation of the Kingdom of Mysore. London: S Hooper, High Holborn. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[2] Dallapiccola, A. L. (July 1997). "Mysore royal Dasara. By Swami Sivapriyananda, photographs by Gajendra Singh Auwa pp. 160, 137 col. illus. New Delhi, Abhinav Publications, 1995. Rs 1800" . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 7 (2): 306–307. doi:10.1017/s1356186300009044. ISSN 1356-1863. S2CID 162104644.

[3] Bhargava, Moti Lal (1970). History of Modern India. Upper India Publishing House. p. 261.

[4] Harry Halén (1978). Handbook of oriental collections in Finland: manuscripts, xylographs, inscriptions and Russian minority literature, Issues 31-34. Curzon Press. p. 73. The leader of the Hebbar Iyengars, Krishnaiengar, had also died and instead they supported P. N. Krishnamurthi, the grandson of the great Purnaiya.

[Prasad-5] Prasad, S Narendra (23 June 2015). "Revisiting days of yore". No. Bangalore. Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

[:1-6] "Diwans take over". The Hindu . 15 August 2002. Archived from the original on 22 June 2003.

[london-gazette.co.uk2-7] 1 2 "Page 29 | Issue 34470, 4 January 1938 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

[auto-8] 1 2 P. 254-258, Business Legends by Gita Piramal (1998) – Published by Viking Penguin India

[9] Kadati Reddera Basavaraja (1984). History and Culture of Karnataka: Early Times to Unification. Chalukya Publications. p. 334.

[diwanofmysore1-10] "Diwans of Mysore". Princely States of India K–Z. worldstatesman.org. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.

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