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Historians say
Raja Wadiyar began the Wodeyar Dasara here in 1610, before the capital moved to Mysore. It was the fall of Srirangapatna in 1799 that restored the Wadiyars to a much-reduced throne.
Historians say
The island town that was the capital of Mysore under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, and where Tipu was defeated and killed in 1799. It holds the Ranganathaswamy temple, Tipu's summer palace, his mausoleum and the remains of his fort.