Nanjaraja Wodeyar

{{Short description|Maharaja of Mysore from 1766 to 1770}}

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| name = Nanjaraja Wodeyar

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| reign = 25 April 1766 – 2 August 1770

| succession = 19th Maharaja of Mysore

| coronation = Srirangapatna, 6 May 1766

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| birth_date = 1748

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| death_date = 2 August 1770

| death_place = Royal Palace, Srirangapata

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| predecessor = Krishnaraja Wadiyar II (father)

| successor = Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII (younger brother)

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| royal house = Wodeyar

| dynasty = Wodeyar dynasty

| father = Krishnaraja Wodeyar II

| mother = Devaja Ammani Avaru

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Nanjaraja Wodeyar (Nanjaraja Wodeyar Bahadur; 1748 – 2 August 1770) was the nineteenth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore for only four years, from 1766 to 1770.

Life

He was eldest son of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, and succeeded on the death of his father in 1766.

See also