4th June, birth anniversary of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, Bahujan King of Mysore.

Under his rule, he worked for the upliftment of the weaker society –

• Formation of Mysore Social Progress Association in 1915 to empower weaker section of society.
• Banning child marriage (girls bellow age 8).
• First Indian state to enfranchise women (1923).
• Effort to eradicate un-touchability
  – starting separate school for un-touchable
  – sponsoring scholarship for un-touchable
  – put an effort to give entrance to untouchables to temple at Gunja Narasimhaswamy at T.Narasipura and permission to use public wells and tank
  – Gave land near Ashokapuram in Mysore so that they can earn their livings by growing betel nut leaves (named Mysore Chigurele)
• Kadhara Sahakara Sangha in 1925 Tagdhur which helped villagers to earn livings
• Implementation of Reservation Policy for Backward and Depressed class
• Special importance for girl education and scholarship for widowed girl

Apart from all this he opened many schools and colleges and provided reservation to non-brahmins backward classes including Muslims.

Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV

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