Dodda Vira Rajendra

Dodda Vira Rajendra
Raja of Coorg
Raja of Coorg
Reign1780 - 1809
PredecessorLinga Raja I
SuccessorDevammaji (as Rani)[1]
Died1809
Burial
Mercara (Madikeri)
SpouseMahadevamma
FatherLinga Raja - I
ReligionHinduism

Dodda Vira Rajendra was the ruler of the Kingdom of Coorg from 1780 to 1809. He is considered a hero of Coorg history for having freed the kingdom from the occupation of Tipu Sultan, the king of Mysore. He later aided the British in their fight against Tipu Sultan.[2]

  1. ^ The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 11 (New ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1908. p. 15.
  2. ^ Rice, Benjamin Lewis (1878). Mysore and Coorg, a gazetteer. p. 100. Retrieved 28 June 2018.