Tuesday, December 10, 2013

The Maharaja of Mysore Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar passed away in Bangalore today

The Mysore Maharaja Narasimha Raja Wodeyar passed away in Bangalore
Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar, scion of the erstwhile Mysore royal family and the last descendant of the Wodeyar dynasty, died of severe cardiac arrest at the Vikram hospital in Bangalore. Wodeyar had served as Lok Sabha member for four terms representing Mysore constituency from Congress and lost once as BJP nominee and the other time as Congress candidate.Passionate about cricket, he was only recently elected as President of Karnataka State Cricket Association.