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Madho Rao Scindia

Maharaja of Gwalior (1876–1925)

MaharajaSir Madhorao Scindia I of Gwalior (20 October 1876 – 5 June 1925), was the 6th Maharaja of Gwalior belonging to the Scindia dynasty of the Marathas.

Biography

Madho Rao acceded to the throne in 1886 and ruled until his death in 1925. He was noted by the British Government as a progressive ruler of a princely state. He was married twice, but only had children with his second wife in 1913, one son and one daughter, to whom King George V and Queen Mary stood sponsors. He was succeeded by his son, Maharajdhiraja Maharaja Sir George Jivaji Rao Scindia, 7th Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior. His daughter married, but died without children in 1934.

The Maharaja of Gwalior is also known as the rejected suitor of Gayatri Devi's mother, the glamorous Princess Indira of Baroda (Indira Devi), who broke off her engagement (contracted between her parents and her fiancé) by letter. The Maharaja then married Gajararaje from the Rane family of Goa. Later on, Gajararaje's sisters were married into the notable Sardar families

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Mahadaji Shinde

Maharaja of Gwalior (1730–1794)

Mahadaji Shinde (23 December 1730 – 13 February 1794), later known as Mahadji Scindia or Madhava Rao Scindia,^[3] was a Maratha statesman and general who served as the Maharaja of Gwalior from 1768 to 1794. He was the fifth and the youngest son of Ranoji Rao Scindia, the founder of the Scindia dynasty. He is reputed for having restored the Maratha rule over North India and for modernizing his army.^[4]

Mahadji was instrumental in resurrecting Maratha power in North India after the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761, and rose to become a trusted lieutenant of the Peshwa, leader of the Maratha Confederacy . Along with Madhavrao I and Nana Fadnavis, he was one of the three pillars of Maratha Resurrection. During his reign, Gwalior became the leading state in the Maratha Confederacy and one of the foremost military powers in India. After accompanying Shah Alam II to Delhi in 1771, he restored the Mughal Empire in Delhi and became the Naib Vakil-i-Mutlaq (Deputy Regent of the Empire).^[5] Mahadji Shinde

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A Note on the History of Scindias

Foreword for a book on the Scindias Mohammad Sajjad Professor of History Aligarh Muslim University “…Very quickly Hastings managed to detach Mahadji Scindia from the Triple Alliance and made individual peace with him, which not only broke the alliance between Mysore, Hyderabad and Marathas, but also broke Maratha unity, splitting Scindia from Holkar…” William Dalrymple (2019), The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire The 18th century was a defining period of Indian history, after which events took a trajectory that even academic historians regard as a distinct specialisation. India got colonised during this phase. A substantive explanation for the subjugation is the over-dependence of Indian kingdoms on merchant bankers. The latter foresaw better prospects in aligning with the British East India Company, helping it become a powerful political force. Nonetheless, some principalities managed to survive till 1857, and some endured till 1947. In this respect, the Gwalior Scindias stand apart, for they not