Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar , palace elephant owner in India Born 1919-07-18 in India dead 1974-09-23 in India . Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur (July 18, 1919 – September 23, 1974) was the 25th and the last Maharaja of the princely state of Mysore from 1940 to 1950, inhertiting to title from Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV. He was a noted philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist. He was also the last private owner of the Mysore palace
