{"id":13498,"date":"2021-05-16T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=13498"},"modified":"2026-10-15T07:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T07:25:25","slug":"rulers-of-kodagu-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/rulers-of-kodagu-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Rulers ( Heads ) of Kodagu land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kodavas always lived in groups of families and were self-sustained and not controlled by any external rulers until the 16<sup>th<\/sup> century. priorly 1004-1175 period was under the ruling of Gangas, Cholas Changalvas &amp; Hoysalas .The overall Kodagu area would have fallen under the judistriction of \u00a0many rulers and been covered in many maps, however no direct involvement was there by these rulers. these rulers had lots of kodava <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/padebeeras\/\"><em>padebeeras<\/em> <\/a>as their chiefs and controlled the kodava land<\/p>\n<p>However the timeline can be derived as follows<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Gangas of Gangavadian Talakad \u2013 100 to 980 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Earlier Kadambas of Banavasi and Halsi \u2013 450 to 560 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Early Chalukyas of Vatapi ( Badami)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Pulikesin II \u2013 630 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Vikramaditya I \u2013 654A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Pandyas of Madurai: Maravarman Rajasimha I \u2013 730 to 765 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Cholas \u2013 985 to 1176 A.D. and Earlier Changalas \u2013 1034 to1249 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Kongalvas of Shanivarasanthe and Arkalgud \u2013 1004 to 1176 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Hoysalas of Belur and Dvarasamudra \u2013 1116 to 1300 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Kongalvas \u2013 1034 to 1297 A.D.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Kongalva Kings\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0 \u00a0Story related to <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/konganda-okka\/\">konganda<\/a> Okka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Hoysalas \u2013 1116 to 1300 A.D. and Earlier Changalvas of Chenganad \u20131034 to 1297 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Later Chalukyas of Vatapi ( Badami ) \u2013 1050 to 1192 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Nava Dannayakas of Gundlupet \u2013 1300 to 1321 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Vijayanagar Kingdom \u2013 Between 1390 and 1565 A.D. and Petty Cheiftains called Nayakas.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Later Changalvas \u2013 From the end of the 14th century to 1644 A.D.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Belur Nayakas \u2013 17th century<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Kodava Nayakas \u2013 1600 to 1633<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0Haleri Rajas \u2013 1600 to 1834<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<table style=\"width: 59.9005%; height: 364px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<th style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sl. No.<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ruler<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Reign<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Duration<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Veera Raja<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1600\u20131620<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">20 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Appaji Raja<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1620\u20131633<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">13 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mudduraja I<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1633\u20131687<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">54 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Dodda Veera Raja<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1687\u20131736<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">49 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chikkavirappa Raja<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1736\u20131766<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">30 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Muddu Raja<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1766\u20131770<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">4 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Devappa Raja<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1770\u20131774<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">4 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Linga Raja I<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1775\u20131780<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">5 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Dodda Veera Raja<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1781\u20131809<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">28 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Devammaji<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1809\u20131811<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Linga Raja II<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1811\u20131820<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">9 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 28px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.0943%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.0054%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chikka Veera Raja<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 22.1024%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1820\u20131834<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.752%; height: 28px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">14 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>\u00a0British Rule1835 \u2013 1947<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Chief Commissioners of Coorg (Kodagu), 1869\u20131956<\/h2>\n<div>\n<table style=\"width: 61.7497%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">No.<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chief Commissioner<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tenure<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Duration<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lewin Bentham Bowring<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1869\u20131870<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1 year<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir Richard John Meade<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1870\u20131876<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">6 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir Charles Burslem Saunders<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1876\u20131878<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir James Davidson Gordon<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1878\u20131883<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">5 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir James Broadwood Lyall<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1883\u20131889<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">6 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir Oliver St John<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1889\u20131891<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1891\u20131892<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1 year<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Philip Durham Henderson<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1892\u20131895<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">3 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">William Lee-Warner<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1895\u20131895<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Less than 1 year<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir William Mackworth Young<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1895\u20131896<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1 year<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Donald Robertson<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1896\u20131903<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">7 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir James Austin Bourdillon<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1903\u20131905<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">13<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir Stuart Mitford Fraser<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1905\u20131910<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">5 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">14<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir Hugh Daly<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1910\u20131916<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">6 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">15<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Henry Venn Cobb<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1916\u20131920<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">4 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">16<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir William Pell Barton<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1920\u20131925<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">5 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">17<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sir Steuart Edmund Pears<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1925\u20131930<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">5 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">18<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Richard John Charles Burke<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1930\u20131933<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">3 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">19<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Charles Terence Chichele Plowden<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1933\u20131937<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">4 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">20<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">John de la Hay Gordon<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1937\u20131940<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">3 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">21<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">W. Pritchard<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1940\u20131943<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">3 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">22<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/ketolira-chengappa\/\">Diwan Bahadur Ketoli Chengappa<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1943\u20131949<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">6 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">23<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">T. Mudaliar<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1949\u20131952<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">3 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 6.16822%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">24<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48.9969%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Daya Singh Bedi<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.7228%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1952\u20131956<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1121%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">4 years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Independent India<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">C State<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Constituent Assembly Member\u00a0 \u00a01947 \u2013 1952<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">C M Poonacha<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1947 &#8211;\u00a0 1952<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chief Minister\u00a0 \u00a01952 &#8211; 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