The University of Mysore was established on July 27, 1916. It is
the sixth oldest in the country and the first in the state of Karnataka.
Also, it is the first university of the country to be established
outside the limits of the British India. The university was founded by
the Maharaja of erstwhile Princely State of Mysore Shri Nalvadi
Krishnaraja Wadiyar and Sir M. Visvesvaraya.
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore who, after years of British administration, secured the rendition (restoration) of the state in 1881.