Chamaraja Wodeyar IX
{{Short description|Maharaja of Mysore from 1776–1796}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Chamaraja Wodeyar IX
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| reign = 27 September 1776 – 17 April 1796
| succession = 21st Maharaja of Mysore
| coronation = 27 September 1776, Seringapatam
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| birth_date = 28 February 1774
| birth_place = Chamarajanagar
| death_date = 17 April 1796
| death_place = Royal Palace, Seringapatam
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| predecessor = Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII (older brother)
| successor = Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (son)
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| issue = Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
| royal house = Wodeyar
| dynasty = Wodeyar dynasty
| father = Krishnaraja Wadiyar II
| mother = Honnajamma
| religion = Hinduism
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Chamaraja Wodeyar IX (28 February 1774 – 17 April 1796) was the twenty-first maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1776 for two decades until 1796.
Life
Chamaraja Wodeyar IX was a son of Chikka Devaraj Urs of Arikuthara of the Karugahalli family. After the death of his older brother and predecessor Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII, he was adopted by Maharani Lakshmi Ammani Devi, widow of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar II. He reigned under the controls of Sarvadhikari Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, like his three immediate predecessors did: Maharajas Krishanaraja Wodeyar II, Nanjaraja Wodeyar, and Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII.
In January 1786, Tipu Sultan seized total power, established the new state of Khudadad, and assumed the title of Padshah.
The maharaja died of smallpox at the Royal Palace of Seringapatam on 17 April 1796.
Family
Chamaraja Wodeyar IX married Maharani Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana{{Cite journal |last=Shankar |first=B |date=March–April 2013 |title=Changing Dynamics of Land Use in Residential Neighbourhood of Vani Vilasa Mohalla¸ Mysore |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=32eca7835ad822e1e1769231785881e6fc35af2a |journal=International Journal of Modern Engineering Research |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=678–684}} and they had a daughter named Jayalakshmi Ammani.{{Cite journal |last=Shankar |first=B |date=2 May 2013 |title=Transitioning Residential Neighbourhoods: A Case Study of Jayalaximpuram, Mysore, India |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=d7df0425af7781236543ad4ee8dd3fae9fd57f2d |journal=International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering |volume=2 |issue=2}}