this public park was first named as meade’s park after sir john meade, the acting commissioner of mysuru in 1870 and subsequently renamed as cubbon park after the longest-serving commissioner of the time, sir mark cubbon. to commemorate the silver jubilee of sri krishnaraja wodeyar’s rule in mysore state, in 1927, the park was again renamed as sri. chamarajendra park, in memory of the 19th-century ruler of the state sri chamarajendra wodeyar (1868–94), during whose rule the park came into existence.