Sir Mirza Ismail noted this in a report in 1930s that best illustrates the development in #Mysore under the Wodeyars. 
What was more remarkable was Mysore's social interventions.
>Primary Education was made free and compulsory in 1913
>Introduced adult literacy programs long before it was conceptualised elsewhere
>Other firsts include mass smallpox vaccinations, girls hostels, agri banks
>Primary Education was made free and compulsory in 1913
>Introduced adult literacy programs long before it was conceptualised elsewhere
>Other firsts include mass smallpox vaccinations, girls hostels, agri banks
>In 1927, Mysore state was first in the country to start a Braille printing press
>First two birth control clinics in the world were set up by the Princely state of Mysore in 1930
>First two birth control clinics in the world were set up by the Princely state of Mysore in 1930
As early as 1902, Mysore state enacted the Local Boards Act, which established a three-tier structure of union panchayats, taluka boards and district boards. This was followed by the Mysore Local Boards and Village Panchayat Act in 1918 further strengthening panchayats.
