Chamarajendra Wadiyar X

Chamarajendra Wadiyar X GCSI
Maharaja of Mysore
Chamarajendra Wadiyar X
Reign	23 September 1868 — 28 December 1894
Coronation	23 September 1868
Predecessor	Krishnaraja Wadiyar III
Successor	Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV
Born	22 February 1863 Chamundi Hills, Mysore, Mysore Kingdom
Died	28 December 1894 Kolkatta
Spouse	Vanivilasa Sannidhana Sri Kempa Nanjammanni Avaru
Issue	Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar, Jayalakshmi Ammani, Krishnaraja Ammani, Chaluvaja Ammani
House	Wadiyar dynasty
Father	Sardar Chikka Krishnaraj Urs
Mother	Rajkumari Sri Puta Ammani Avaru
Religion	Hinduism

Maharaja Sri Sir Chamarajendra Wadiyar X GCSI (February 22, 1863 – 28 December 1894) (also known as Chamaraja Wadiyar X) was the ruling Maharaja of Mysore between 1868 and 1894.

Chamarajendra was born at the old palace in Mysore on February 22, 1863, as the third son of Sardar Chikka Krishnaraj Urs, of the Bettada-Kote branch of the ruling clan. His father died about a week before Chamarajendra's birth. His mother, Rajkumari Sri Puta Ammani Avaru, was the eldest daughter of Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, the then Maharaja of Mysore. Following the failure of heirs male, Krishnaraja Wadiyar decided to adopt as heir his grandson, Chamarajendra. This was done on June 18, 1865 and was recognized by the British government of India on 16 April 1867.

Krishnaraja Wadiyar III died on 27 March 1868, and Chamarajendra Wadiyar ascended the throne at the royal palace, Mysore, on September 23, 1868. However, since 1831, the kingdom of Mysore had been under the direct administration of the British Raj, who had deposed Krishnaraja Wadiyar on allegations of misrule. Later, the privy council of the United Kingdom ordered the reversal of the British East India Company's decision to annex Mysore. By the "Rendition of 1881," the princely state of Mysore was reconstitited and restored to the Wadiyar dynasty. Chamarajendra Wadiyar was groomed by the British to take charge of the administration. He was handed the reins of governance, 25 March 1881.

Chamarajendra Wadiyar was the 23rd Maharaja of Mysore. Although his reign proved to be a brief one, he left an indelible mark on the Kingdom of Mysore and thereby on the present day Indian state of Karnataka.

He instituted the Representative Assembly of Mysore state in 1881. This was the first modern, democratic legislative institution of its kind in princely India. He sponsored the famous journey of Swami Vivekananda to Chicago in 1893. He gave primacy to women's education and founded the Kannada Bashojjivini School. He gave a fillip to the industrialisation of the Kingdom of Mysore by instituting several industrial schools and conducting the annual Dasara Industrial Exhibition. He facilitated the founding of Agricultural Banks to help finance farmers and initiated Life Insurance for government employees.