What was the significance of Srirangapattana for the Wodeyars?

It served as their strategic capital and a center of political and religious power for centuries until the British conquest.

Deccan Regional Kingdoms

UPSC Archival Analysis

Q: When Raja Wodeyar founded the Kingdom of Mysore who was the ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire?

When Raja Wodeyar founded the independent Kingdom of Mysore in the late 16th century, Venkatapati Deva Raya (Venkata II) was the ruler of the declining Vijayanagara Empire. Raja Wodeyar later made Srirangapattana his capital.

Exam Year

2006

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ID: MED_REG_2006_19 Ref: K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, A History of South India