Krishnamachari has been one of the longest serving Diwans of Baroda. He came from an educated family of school inspectors, private tutors, diwans, and magistrates. He wrote three diwans (collections of poetry). Some of Travancore's "diwans" were Tamil Brahmins. He was preceded by four Diwans of the Bengal subah. Azad compiled his two diwans of poetry in Arabic and Persian. His ancestors worked as Diwans for Zamindars. By 1902, there were over 150 Singh Sabhas and Khalsa diwans in existence. The family rose to prominence within Saurashtran nobility throughout the 12th-19th centuries as Diwans. Many of her diwans have survived and consist of more than 10,000 lines of poetry. The following lists the Diwans of Kingdom of Mysore through 1799 to 1947. These collections of poems are also known as Diwans. Diwans were constructed to house official records.