Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur (July 18, 1919 – September 23, 1974) was the 25th and the last Maharaja

Maharaja

Mahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king". The female equivalent title Maharani denotes either the wife of a Maharaja or, in states where that was customary, a woman ruling in her own right. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajamata...

 of the princely state

Princely state

A Princely State was a nominally sovereign entitity of British rule in India that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy.-British relationship with the Princely States:India under the British Raj ...

 of Mysore

Kingdom of Mysore

The Kingdom of Mysore was a kingdom of southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. The kingdom, which was ruled by the Wodeyar family, initially served as a vassal state of the Vijayanagara Empire...

 from 1940 to 1950. He was a noted philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist.
He was the only son of Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar

Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar

Yuvaraja Sri Sir Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar, GCIE , was the heir apparent of the princely state of Mysore from 1895 until his death in 1940.-Biography:...

 and Yuvarani Kempu Cheluvaja Amanni. Wodiyar dynasty is the only Royal Family from Mysore and belong to (Kumbhar community) Kulal community.He graduated from the Maharajas College

Maharajas College

The Maharaja's College is one of the biggest centres of learning and higher education in Kerala, India. Located in the heart of Cochin city, it is spread over a campus of on the banks of Vembanad Lake...

, Mysore in 1938, earning five awards and gold medals.