Diwan of Mysore

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The Diwan of Mysore was the chief ministerial post in the Kingdom of Mysore, responsible for overseeing administration and governance under the Maharaja.

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Label Occurrences
Diwan of Mysore canonical 3

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government office
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Mysore
appointedBy Maharaja of Mysore
associatedWithDynasty Wadiyar dynasty
country Kingdom of Mysore
governmentBranch executive branch of Mysore
hasNotableOfficeHolder Sir K. Seshadri Iyer
Sir K. Sheshadri Iyer
Sir M. Visvesvaraya
linked to: M. Visvesvaraya

Sir Mirza Ismail
Sir T. Ananda Rao
headOfGovernmentFor Kingdom of Mysore
historicalRegion Karnataka region
South India
languageOfOfficialWork English
Kannada
officeCreatedFor centralized administration of Mysore
officeFunction advising the Maharaja on policy
coordination of state departments
negotiations with British authorities
supervision of civil service
officeHolderRank highest executive officer in Mysore
officeHolderRole chief minister
officeHolderTitleInEnglish Prime Minister of Mysore
officeHolderTitleInKannada Dewan
partOf Mysore monarchy
linked to: Kingdom of Mysore

administrative structure of the Kingdom of Mysore
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy
positionHeldIn Mysore State
linked to: Karnataka
replacedBy Chief Minister of Mysore State
reportsTo Maharaja of Mysore
responsibleFor administration
governance
implementation of royal policies
public works
revenue administration
state finances
seatOfGovernment Mysore
linked to: Mysuru
similarTo Diwan of Baroda
Diwan of Travancore
subordinateTo Maharaja of Mysore
typeOf Diwan
usedInPeriod British Raj era
linked to: British India

Princely state era
pre-independence India

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M. Visvesvaraya positionHeld Diwan of Mysore
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya positionHeld Diwan of Mysore
subject linked to: Mokshagundam