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Rulers ( Heads ) of Kodagu land

Kodavas always lived in groups of families and were self-sustained and not controlled by any external rulers until the 16th century. priorly 1004-1175 period was under the ruling of Gangas, Cholas Changalvas & Hoysalas .The overall Kodagu area would have fallen under the judistriction of  many rulers and been covered in many maps, however no direct involvement was there by these rulers. these rulers had lots of kodava padebeeras as their chiefs and controlled the kodava land

However the timeline can be derived as follows

Chief Commissioners

  • Lewin Bentham Bowring
    • 1869 –  1870
  • Sir Richard John Meade
    •  1870 –  1876
  • Sir Charles Burslem Saunders
    • 1876  –  1878
  • Sir James Davidson Gordon
    • 1878 – 1883
  • Sir James Broadwood Lyall
    • 1883 – 1889
  • Sir Oliver St John
    • 1889 – 1891
  • Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast
    • 1891 – 1892
  • Philip Durham Henderson
    • 1892 – 1895
  • William Lee-Warner
    • 1895 – 1895
  • Sir William Mackworth Young
    • 1895 – 1896
  • Donald Robertson
    • 1896 – 1903
  • Sir James Austin Bourdillon
    • 1903 – 1905
  • Sir Stuart Mitford Fraser 
    • 1905 – 1910
  • Sir Hugh Daly
    • 1910 – 1916
  • Henry Venn Cobb
    • 1916 – 1920
  • Sir William Pell Barton
    • 1920 – 1925
  • Sir Steuart Edmund Pears
    • 1925 – 1930
  • Richard John Charles Burke
    • 1930 – 1933
  • Charles Terence Chichele Plowden
    • 1933 – 1937
  • John de la Hay Gordon
    • 1937 – 1940
  • W. Pritchard
    • 1940 – 1943
  • Diwan Bahadur Ketoli Chengappa
    • 1943 – 1949
  • T. Mudaliar
    • 1949 – 1952
  • Daya Singh Bedi
    • 1952 – 1956

Independent India

C State   

Constituent Assembly Member   1947 – 1952
  • C M Poonacha
    • 1947 –  1952
Chief Minister   1952 – 1956
  • C M Poonacha
    1. 1952 – 1956

Karnataka State   1956 – uptodate

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