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| honorific-prefix = Rajasevadhurina [[Sardar]] [[Sir]]<br />
| name = M Kantharaj Urs<br />
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]]<br />
| image = <br />
| imagesize = 250px<br />
| order1 = 20th [[Dewan of Mysore]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1918<br />
| term_end1 = 1922<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya]]<br />
| successor1 = [[A. R. Banerjee]]<br />
| monarch1 = [[Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1870|9|20}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1923|10|03|1870|9|20}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bangalore]]<br />
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| alma_mater = [[Madras Christian College]]<br />
| profession = [[Civil servant]]<br />
| occupation = <br />
| spouse = <br />
| birth_name = Maddur Kanthraj Urs<br />
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'''Sir''' '''Maddur Kantharaj Urs''' (20 September 1870 – 3 October 1923) was an Indian royal, civil servant, and administrator who served as the 20th [[Dewan of Mysore]] from 1918 to 1922.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jEEZAAAAYAAJ&dq=kantharaj+urs+kcie&pg=PA380 Obituary. (1923). The Near East, XXIV(634), 380–380.]</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
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Kantharaj Urs was born on 20 September 1870 to Narasaraja Urs and Kempananjammanni, the [[Maddur, Mandya|Maddur]] Urs branch of the Kalale [[Wadiyar dynasty]]. His older sister was [[Kempananjammani Devi|Maharani Kempananjammanni Devi]].<br />
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He studied at [[Madras Christian College]] from 1892 to 1893 and graduated with distinction. He was the first member of the [[Ursu|Ursu community]] to attain this distinction.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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In 1894, Kantharaj Urs was appointed Probationary Assistant Commissioner (Schedule II) in the [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] civil service. After the untimely death of his brother-in-law [[Chamarajendra Wadiyar X|Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar X]] in December 1894, his sister became the Queen Regent of Mysore in 1895. She appointed him her Special Assistant and Private Secretary from 1895 to 1899.<br />
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In 1918, Urs succeeded [[M. Visvesvaraya|Sir M. Vishveshwaraya]] as the Dewan of Mysore to his nephew [[Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV|Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV]].<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Kantharaj Urs married his niece Princess Jayalakshami Amanni, the eldest daughter of his sister [[Kempananjammani Devi|Maharani Kempananjammani Devi]]. They had one daughter, Rajakumari Lelavathi. [[Jayalakshmi Vilas|Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion]] at Mysore, now part of the [[University of Mysore]], was their residence.<br />
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He died on 3 October 1923.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=Mysore Gazetteer|pages=3143}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Speeches of Sirdar Sir M. Kantharaj Urs Vol-1 by Sirdar K. Basavaraj Urs M.A., LL.B.|pages=362}}<br />
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