The Maharajah of Mysore, WW1
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The Maharajah of Mysore, WW1
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV GCSI, GBE (June 4, 1884 August 3, 1940, Bangalore Palace), also known popularly as Nalwadi Krishna Raja Wadiyar, the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Mysore from 1902 until his death in 1940. He is regarded as one of the most celebrated rulers among the Indian States when India was still under British rule. At the time of his death, he was also one of the worlds wealthiest men, with a personal fortune estimated in 1940 to be worth $400 million which would be equivalent to $56 billion in 2010 prices. Pictured in The Sketch after he had donated fifty lakhs of rupees (worth about 330, 000 at the time) at the disposal of the Indian Government for expenditure in connection with the Expeditionary Force. The money was used towards the cost of transporting the Indian Expeditionary Force. Date: 1914
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