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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

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    Gangas of Gangavadian Talakad – 100 to 980 A.D.

  •  Earlier Kadambas of Banavasi and Halsi – 450 to 560 A.D.

  • Early Chalukyas of Vatapi ( Badami)

  •  Pulikesin II – 630 A.D.

  •  Vikramaditya I – 654A.D.

  •  Pandyas of Madurai: Maravarman Rajasimha I – 730 to 765 A.D.

  •  Cholas – 985 to 1176 A.D. and Earlier Changalas – 1034 to1249 A.D.

  •  Kongalvas of Shanivarasanthe and Arkalgud – 1004 to 1176 A.D.

  •  Hoysalas of Belur and Dvarasamudra – 1116 to 1300 A.D.

  •  Kongalvas – 1034 to 1297 A.D.

    • Kongalva Kings
  •  Hoysalas – 1116 to 1300 A.D. and Earlier Changalvas of Chenganad –1034 to 1297 A.D.

  •  Later Chalukyas of Vatapi ( Badami ) – 1050 to 1192 A.D.

  • Nava Dannayakas of Gundlupet – 1300 to 1321 A.D.

  •  Vijayanagar Kingdom – Between 1390 and 1565 A.D. and Petty Cheiftains called Nayakas.

  •  Later Changalvas – From the end of the 14th century to 1644 A.D.

  •  Belur Nayakas – 17th century

  •  Kodava Nayakas – 1600 to 1633

  •  Haleri Rajas – 1600 to 1834

  • Sl. No. Ruler Reign Duration
    1 Veera Raja 1600–1620 20 years
    2 Appaji Raja 1620–1633 13 years
    3 Mudduraja I 1633–1687 54 years
    4 Dodda Veera Raja 1687–1736 49 years
    5 Chikkavirappa Raja 1736–1766 30 years
    6 Muddu Raja 1766–1770 4 years
    7 Devappa Raja 1770–1774 4 years
    8 Linga Raja I 1775–1780 5 years
    9 Dodda Veera Raja 1781–1809 28 years
    10 Devammaji 1809–1811 2 years
    11 Linga Raja II 1811–1820 9 years
    12 Chikka Veera Raja 1820–1834 14 years

  •  British Rule1835 – 1947

Chief Commissioners of Coorg (Kodagu), 1869–1956

No. Chief Commissioner Tenure Duration
1 Lewin Bentham Bowring 1869–1870 1 year
2 Sir Richard John Meade 1870–1876 6 years
3 Sir Charles Burslem Saunders 1876–1878 2 years
4 Sir James Davidson Gordon 1878–1883 5 years
5 Sir James Broadwood Lyall 1883–1889 6 years
6 Sir Oliver St John 1889–1891 2 years
7 Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast 1891–1892 1 year
8 Philip Durham Henderson 1892–1895 3 years
9 William Lee-Warner 1895–1895 Less than 1 year
10 Sir William Mackworth Young 1895–1896 1 year
11 Donald Robertson 1896–1903 7 years
12 Sir James Austin Bourdillon 1903–1905 2 years
13 Sir Stuart Mitford Fraser 1905–1910 5 years
14 Sir Hugh Daly 1910–1916 6 years
15 Henry Venn Cobb 1916–1920 4 years
16 Sir William Pell Barton 1920–1925 5 years
17 Sir Steuart Edmund Pears 1925–1930 5 years
18 Richard John Charles Burke 1930–1933 3 years
19 Charles Terence Chichele Plowden 1933–1937 4 years
20 John de la Hay Gordon 1937–1940 3 years
21 W. Pritchard 1940–1943 3 years
22 Diwan Bahadur Ketoli Chengappa 1943–1949 6 years
23 T. Mudaliar 1949–1952 3 years
24 Daya Singh Bedi 1952–1956 4 years

 

Independent India

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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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