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Maharaja Sri. Jaya Chamaraja Wadiyar (18thJuly 1919 – 23rd September 1974) was the Twenty-Fifth Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore, ruling from 1940 until Monarchy was abolished in 1950. He continued to hold the title of Maharaja until Princely titles were abolished in 1971. He was a noted philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist.