| Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wadiyar | |
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| Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, Scion of Mysore Royal Family | |
| Predecessor | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar |
| Spouse | Pramoda Devi |
| House | Wadiyar |
| Father | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar |
| Mother | Tripura Sundari Ammani |
| Born | 20 February 1953 Mysore, India |
| Died | 10 December 2013 (aged 60) Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Maharaja Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur (February 20, 1953 – December 10, 2013), also referred to as Srikanta Wadiyar, was the prince of Mysore Kingdom and head of the Wadiyar dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore between 1399 and 1950. Wadiyar was also a member of Indian Parliament from the Mysore constituency.[1]
Origins
Born in 1953, the only son of Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, the last ruling Maharaja of Mysore and his second wife, Maharani Tripura Sundari Ammani Avaru, Srikantha Datta Wadiyar succeeded his father as the head of his dynasty in September 1974.
Education
He studied in the exclusive private royal school at the Mysore Palace and completed his Secondary School education in the year 1967. He took horse riding lessons from the Government Riding School, Mysore. He had a British nanny and anAnglo-Indian nanny who groomed him. Mr Watsa was a mentor to him during his formative years. Srikanta Dutta Narasimharaja Wadiyar joined Maharaja College, Mysore in 1968 to pursue his pre-uinversity course (1 year) and studiedBachelor in Arts degree from 1969 - 1972 majoring in English Literature and Political Science. His minor subject was Sociology. His second language was Kannada which was specially tutored to him by the well known Kannada scholar Prof K. Venkataramappa. He did his Masters in Political Science in Manasa Gangotri, University of Mysore between 1972 - 1974. He studies a course in Law as an open University student. Throughout his college career he was an avid cricketplayer and had a collection of cricket bats signed by International Test Cricket Players. He had also studied Western Classical Music and Carnatic Classical Music. In his youth he had studied Vedas as well. He was awarded the Gold Medal as the first rank student in M. A. Political Science. His wife, Mrs. Pramoda Devi, is a post-graduate in Hindi.
Personal Life
A warm friend and a beloved scion of the Royal family, Srikanta Wadiyar was held in high regard by his close friends and relatives. An avid listener and connoisseur of both Western Classical Music as well as Carnatic Classical Music, Srikanta Wadiyar would spend much of his private time listening to these rare records. His love of Cricket which saw him captain the University team in his college years later prompted his involvement in leading the Karnataka State Cricket Association[2] till November in the position of President. He was married to Maharani Pramoda Devi Avaru, who hails from the Bettada Kote Ursu family of the erstwhile princely state of Mysore.
Political Career
He was elected as a Member of Parliament representing the Mysore Parliamentary Constituency four times as a candidate of Indian National Congress and has lost twice, once as a BJP candidate and recently as a Congress party candidate. He was an acknowledged fashion designer and a promoter of Mysore silk sarees under his Royal Silk of Mysore brand name.[citation needed]
Death
On 10 December 2013, Srikanta Dutta Narasimharaja Wadiyar succumbed to a cardiac arrest at age 60 and was pronounced dead at 14:15 hrs IST at Vikram Hospital, Bangalore.[3]He is survived by his wife Pramoda Devi Avaru.[4][5]
Source: Wikipedia
