 The present-day Karnataka state went through a series of geopolitical and cultural transformations.After India's independence in 1947, the constitutional changes took nearly three years to come into effect, during when Kingdom of Mysore remained the state's original form territorially.In 1950, the Kingdom of Mysore was renamed Mysore State when India became a democratic republic, but Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar continued to be the chief head of Mysore State (as "maharaja", then as "rajpramukh", and finally as governor).