The following lists the Diwans of Kingdom 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...

 through 1799 to 1947. Many of the diwans are associated with several industrial and educational initiatives undertaken during their terms. These initiatives include Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

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 and Hydroelectric Power Plants on Shivanasamudra Falls.

People who have served in this office include:

• Purnaiah
  Purnaiah
  Purnaiah was the Dewan of Mysore. He served under Hyder Ali, Tipu Sultan, the British and Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar. He was well known for his skill with accounts, prodigious memory, proficiency in several languages and sheer hard work....
  
   (1799 - 1811)
• Bargir Bakshi Balaji Rao (April 1811 - January 1812)
• Savar Bakshi Rama Rao (February 1812 - October 1817)
• Babu Rao (November 1817 - April 1818)
• Siddharaj Urs (May 1818 - February 1820)
• Babu Rao (Again) (March 1820 - August 1821)
• Lingaraj Urs (November 1821 - November 1822)
• Babu Rao (Again) (December 1822 - November 1825)
• Vacant (November 1825 - May 1827)
• Venkata Urs (May 1827 - October 1831)
• Venkataramanaiya (October 1831 - 14 May 1832)
• Babu Rao (Again) (May 1832 - 19 April 1834)
• Kollam Venkata Rao (1834 - 1838)
• Surappaya (1838 - 1840)
• Kollam Venkata Rao (1840 - 1844)
• Kola Krishnama Naidu (1844 - 1858)
• Kola Vijayarangam Naidu (1858 - 1864)
• Arunachala Mudaliar (1864 - 1866)
• Direct British Rule (1866 - 1881)

  Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Term
  C. V. Rungacharlu C. V. Rungacharlu Cettipanyam Viravalli Rungacharlu CIE , also spelt as Rangacharlu, was an Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of Mysore kingdom from 1881 to 1883.- Early life :...		25 March 1881	20 January 1883	1
  Sir K. Seshadri Iyer K. Seshadri Iyer Sir Kumarapuram Seshadri Iyer KCIE , b. June 1, 1845 - d.September 13, 1901), or Sheshadri Aiyar was an advocate who served as the Dewan of Mysore from 1883 to 1901...		21 January 1883	18 March 1901	1
  T. R. V. Thambu Chetty  (acting for Iyer)		11 August 1900	18 March 1901	1
  Sir P. N. Krishnamurti P. N. Krishnamurti Sir Purniah Narasinga Rao Krishnamurti KCIE was an Indian lawyer and administrator who served as the Diwan of Mysore kingdom from 1901 to 1906. He was a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan's diwan, Purnaiah....		18 March 1901	30 June 1906	1
  V. P. Madhava Rao V. P. Madhava Rao Vishwanath Patankar Madhava Rao CIE was an Indian administrator and statesman who served as the Diwan of Mysore kingdom from 1906 to 1909 and Baroda from 1910 to 1913.- Early life and education :...		30 June 1906	31 March 1909	1
  T. Ananda Rao T. Ananda Rao Tanjore Ananda Rao CIE was an Indian administrator and statesman who served as the Diwan of the Mysore kingdom from 1909 to 1912. He was the eldest son of Sir T. Madhava Rao.- Early life and education :...		1 April 1909	1912	1
  Sir M. Visveswarayya Visvesvaraya Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, KCIE was a notable Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore during 1912 to 1919. He was a recipient of the Indian Republic's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was knighted as a Commander of the Indian Empire by King George V for his...		10 November 1912	1918	1
  M. Kantaraj Urs M. Kantaraj Urs M. Kantharaj Urs CSI was an Indian administrator who served as the Diwan of Mysore kingdom in 1918.- Early life and education :Kantharaj Urs was born on 20 September 1870. He hailed from the Famous the Kalale family who served as the Traditional Dalvoy's to the Mysore Royal family in the 16th...		10 December 1918	1922	1
  Sir A. R. Banerjee A. R. Banerjee Sir Albion Rajkumar Banerjee CSI CIE was an Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of Cochin from 1907 to 1914, Diwan of Mysore kingdom from 1922 to 1926 and as Prime Minister of Kashmir from 1927 to 1929.- Early life and education :Albion Banerjee was born in Bristol on...		6 March 1922	1926	1
  Sir Mirza Ismail Mirza Ismail Amin-ul-Mulq Sir Mirza Muhammad Ismail, KCIE, Kt, OBE ; was a Diwan of the Kingdom of Mysore, Jaipur and Hyderabad....		1 May 1926	1941	1
  M. N. Krishna Rao  (acting)		1941	1941	1
  N. Madhava Rao N. Madhava Rao Nyapathi Madhava Rao CIE was an Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the DIwan of the Mysore kingdom from 1941 to 1945.- Early life and education :...		1941	1946	1
  Sir A. R. Mudaliar Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar Diwan Bahadur Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar, KCSI was an Indian lawyer, politician and statesman who served as a senior leader of the Justice Party and in various administrative and bureaucratic posts in pre-independence and independent India.Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar was born on October 14, 1887 in...		1946	15 August 1947	1

External links

• Mysore, Princely States of India, WorldStatesmen.org