Bengaluru: Close on the heels of erstwhile royal family of Mysore announcing that year-long celebrations will be organised to mark the Birth Centenary of the last ruler of Mysore, Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar on July 18 at the Mysore Palace and at Bangalore Palace on July 20, the State Government has announced that the Centenary will also be celebrated by the State Government.
Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also holds the Kannada and Culture portfolio, announced in Bengaluru that the Government will celebrate the Centenary in a grand manner and the dates will be either on July 22 or some other day. The final date will be announced after Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy returns from his US trip, he said.
