Contributions of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar- Part 2

 


The making of the cultural ethos of modern Karnataka owes a debt to the efforts of Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar (1884-1940). As the Maharaja of Mysore for nearly four decades, between 1902 and 1940, he cultivated a humanistic vision of community co-existence that shaped old Mysore culture in important ways.

Contributions of Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar

  • Compulsory primary education
  • Primary education was made compulsory for everyone and in 1915, public schools were directed to begin admitting Dalit children in an effort to give up caste discrimination.
  • The State Bank of Mysore was established in 1913
  • The Bangalore Agricultural University was also established in 1913
  • The Kannada Sahitya Parishat was established in 1915
  • He became the first chancellor of the Benaras Hindu University in 1916.
  • The Mysore University was established in 1916
  • The Mysore Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1916
  • The University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering and Maharani’s College for women in Mysore was established in 1917
  • The Sandalwood Oil Factory was started in 1917
  • The Bhadravati Iron and Steel factory was started in 1923

KRS Dam – This dam was crucial to irrigation in Mysore and was built in 1924 after the Maharaja pledged family assets to the project. At the time, it was Asia’s largest dam.

  • The Mysore medical college was started in 1924
  • Markonahalli dam – This dam built in 1930 was the first of its kind in Asia with an automatic siphon system.
  • The Vani Vilasa women and children’s hospital was instituted in 1934.
  • The Mysore Paper Mills was founded in 1936.
  • The Mysore Paints and Varnish was founded in 1936 – This company still manufactures indelible ink used during every election in Karnataka.
  • The Maharani’s College for women was established in 1938.
  • The Mysore Implements factory in Hassan was started in 1939.
  • Hirebhaskara dam – The Hirebhaskara dam was built in 1939. This dam generated 120 MW of power.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited – Though the company came into existence much later, the Maharaja laid its foundation stone in 1940.

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