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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Chamarajapura<br />
| official_name = <br />
| native_name = <br />
| settlement_type = Urban<br />
| image_map = File:Jayanagar.Ambedkar Park.jpg<br />
| map_caption = Location of Chamarajapura in [[Mysore]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12|17|44|N|76|38|23|E}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = State<br />
| subdivision_type2 = District<br />
| subdivision_type3 = City<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mysore District]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Mysore]]<br />
| established_title = Incorporation<br />
| established_date = 1780s<br />
| founder = [[Chamaraja Wodeyar IX|Chamaraja Wadiyar IX]], [[Purnaiah|Diwan Purnaiah]]<br />
| named_for = Maharaja [[Chamaraja Wodeyar IX|Chamaraja Wadiyar IX]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| postal_code_type = Zip<br />
| postal_code = 570005<br />
| area_code = 0821<br />
| area_code_type = STD<br />
}}<br />
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'''Chamarajapura''' is one of the earliest settlements and localities in [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka State]], India, located in the centre of Mysore city. Initially an [[agraharam]], parts of it were later allotted other local dwellers as well.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The City Planning Commission of Mysore laid out an urban city planning in as early as 1733 by Maharaja [[Chamaraja Wodeyar VII|Chamarajendra Wadiyar VII]], just close to the near-extinction of the [[Dutch East India Company]], when the [[French East India Company|French Company]] was at its peak in South India, and the [[East India Company|British Company]] had entered the [[South India|South]]. However, the plan was realised around the 1780s by [[Purnaiah|Diwan Purnaiah]] when working for [[Tipu Sultan]]. A monarchy of Maharaja [[Chamaraja Wodeyar IX|Chamarajendra Wadiyar IX]] was in place during the period, after whom Chamarajapuram is named.<br />
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== Constituency ==<br />
Chamarajapuram falls under the [[Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mysore Constituency]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] (national election) maps. In [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Vidhana Sabha]] (state election) maps, Chamarajapuram falls under Krishnaraja Constituency.<br />
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== Lanes and Boulevards ==<br />
Several roads and areas have been commemorative of numerous Mysore and Karnataka era celebrities.<br />
* Bajjanna Lane, named after Bajjanna, a wealthy philanthropist working for the Palace, who funded water system in the area<br />
* Dr Vishnuvardhan Road, named after [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]]<br />
* [[K.G.Koppal, Mysore|K.G.Koppal]], the western half of Chamarajapuram, marked by Chamarajapuram Railway Station, adjoining locality abutting /chamarajapuram railway station is named kannegowdana koppal, named after a noted wrestler. The stretch between Jayanagar level crossing up to Oriental Research Library is known as Krishnaraja Boulevard Road, a beautiful double road with wide meridian having grown up flowering trees and foot paths on either side. <br />
== In popular culture ==<br />
The cover picture of [[R. K. Laxman|R K Laxman's]] [[Malgudi Days (short story collection)|Malgudi Days]] is a painted railway station which was inspired by Chamarajapuram Railway Station.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/down-memory-lane-walking-through-rk-narayans-inspiration-for-malgudi-days/articleshow/54383519.cms|title=Down memory lane: Walking through RK Narayan's inspiration for 'Malgudi Days'|last=Rao-Kashi|first=Anita|date=2016-09-18|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g304553-d2422842-i189050274-Royal_Mysore_Walks-Mysuru_Mysore_Mysore_District_Karnataka.html|title=Chamarajapuram railway station - it inspired the sketch by Laxman which was used in Malgudi Days - Picture of Royal Mysore Walks, Mysuru (Mysore) - TripAdvisor|website=www.tripadvisor.com|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref><br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
* [[Chowdiah|T Chowdiah]], famously known as Pitil Chowdiah, a violin and fiddle maestro in Mysore Palace<br />
* [[Ambareesh|M H Ambareesh]], T Chowdiah's grandson and Kannada film actor<br />
* M A Chandan Kumar, T Chowdiah's great-grandson, a flautist<br />
* Vidwan T T Srinivasa Varadāchār, a ''dharmašhāstra āsthāna vidwan'' in Mysore Palace<br />
* Vidwan T T Srinivasa Gopālāchār, T T Srinivasa Varadāchār's son, also a ''dharmašhāstra āsthāna vidwan''<br />
* [[T. P. Kailasam]], popular Modern Kannada author and playwright, lived in K G Koppal for a brief period<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Chamarajapuram railway station|Chamarajapuram Railway Station]]<br />
* [[Kuvempunagar]]<br />
* [[Jayanagar, Mysore|Jayanagar]]<br />
* [[Ashokapuram, Mysore|Ashokapuram]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Suburbs of Mysore]]</div>>Rasnaboy