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Mysore royal scion Wodeyar no more
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Mysore Royal Scion Wodeyar No More, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar No More. Wodeyar played university level cricket and maintained his links with the game. He was elected president of the Karnataka Cricket Association last month.
Bangalore: Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar from the former royal family of Mysore and who was recently elected president of the Karnataka Cricket Association, died of a heart attack in Bangalore on Tuesday.Wodeyar, 60, had the heart attack at his Bangalore home and efforts to revive him at a city hospital were not successful.
He was a former Congress MP from the Mysore constituency and also a fashion designer.
The son of the late Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, Srikantadatta was never officially a Maharaja, but many people in Mysore thought of him as one. He was a central figure in Mysore's celebration of Dasara and had participated in the festival in October this year.
Wodeyar's wife Pramoda Devi Avaru is from the Bettada Kote Ursu family of the former princely state of Mysore. They have no children.
Wodeyar played university level cricket and maintained his links with the game. He was elected president of the Karnataka Cricket Association last month.
A friend, Dr Dayanand Pai, said, "He wanted to help cricketers from rural areas and give them a chance. He recently told me how he wanted at least one from Karnataka in the Indian cricket team."
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