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Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III was maharaja of Mysore from 1799 to 1868. After Tipu Sultan's defeat in 1799 the British placed him on the throne as a five-year-old, with the diwan Purnaiah governing. Following a peasant revolt in 1831 the British took over the administration, and he spent the rest of his reign as a patron of music, literature and the arts.
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