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Sir Madhavrao Shinde Alijabahaddar , Gwalior

The Scindia, also spelled Sindhia, Sindia, or Shinde, are a prominent Maratha family in India. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Scindias are the erstwhile rulers of the princely state of Gwalior have contested the elections (parliamentary or assembly) held in Madhya Pradesh. ... Scindia School Logo The Scindia School is a residential school for boys, situated in the Gwalior Fort, in Gwalior, India. ... Sindia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 130 km northwest of Cagliari and about 60 km west of Nuoro. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (726x927, 318 KB) Vishal Prakash Dudhane ---- Vishal1976 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (726x927, 318 KB) Vishal Prakash Dudhane ---- Vishal1976 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The Marāthās (Marathi: मराठा)is a collective term referring to an Indo Aryan group of Hindu warriors and peasants hailing mostly from the present-day state of Maharashtra, who created a substantial empire, covering a major part of India, in the late 17th and 18th centuries AD. The Marathas...

The dynasty was founded by Ranoji Rao Scindia, Meharban Srimant Ranoji Rao Shinde was the founder of Gwalior Dominious . A brave and gallent personality dedicated to establishment of Hindu Kingdom in North of the Narmada River. He, was the son of Sri Jankojirao Shinde ji who was, Patil of Kanherkhed ,in Maharashtra. The date of birth of Meharban Srimant Ranoji Rao is not confirmed yet. The closing years of Balaji Vishwanath peshwa's career were fraught with importent results tending to strengthen the maratha cause and ultimately lay the foundation of that vigorous policy which knew no defeat as long as the maratha confederacy existed .Ranoji seems to be in an obscure position in the peshwa's regime which was directed more towards the attainment of territorial aims by diplomatic skills rather than by an open appeal to arms. Little that is thoroughly trustworthy is known of the earlier years of Ranojirao , whose family was reduced to straigned circumstances during the internecine dissensions which raged for a long time between satara and kolhapur.He was thus, in charge of the Maratha conquests in Malwa in 1726. Malwa (Malvi:माळवा) is a region in western India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin in the western part of Madhya Pradesh state and the south-eastern part of Rajasthan. ... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ...

Ranoji established his capital at Ujjain in 1731; His successors were:- Meharban Srimant Jayaji Rao Shinde, who succeded the Shinde Empire from Narmada To Yamuna Meharban Srimant Jyotibarao Shinde a brave worrior , killed in a war near Orchha against Muslim rulers Meharban Dattajirao Shinde SawaiBahadur most powerful and brave among all shinde sena. Meharban srimant Jankojirao Shinde fought thoughtfuly in the battel oof Buradi Ghat, Shukrataal,and in the famous battel of Paniput against Najib,Shuja,Ahmed shah abdali,jehan khan etc. brutualy killed on 15th jan. 1761 in afgan camp.paniput. srimant Kedarji rao srimant Manaji rao Alijah Srinath Mahadji Shinde Daulatrao Scindia (1794–1827) moved the Sindhia capital to Gwalior. The Sindhia state of Gwalior became a major regional power in the latter half of the eighteenth century; they figured prominently in the three Anglo-Maratha Wars, held sway over many of the Rajput states, and conquered the state of Ajmer. Ujjain   (Hindi:उज्जैन) (also known as Ujain, Ujjayini, Avanti) is an ancient city of central India, in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River. ... Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ... Daulatrao Sindhia (born 1779, died 1827) was the king (Maharaja) of Gwalior state in central India from 1794 until his death in 1827. ... Gwalior   is a city in Madhya Pradesh in India. ... The Anglo-Maratha Wars were three wars fought in India between the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company. ... Image:Maharana Pratap. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

After the defeat of the allied Maratha states by the British in the Third Anglo-Maratha War of 1818, the Shinde Daulatrao Maharaj was forced to accept local autonomy as a princely state within British India and to give up Ajmer to the British. The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817 - 1818) was a final and decisive conflict between Britain and the Maratha empire in India, which left Britain in control of most of India. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince and is thus a principality taken in the broad sense. ... British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ...

After death of Maharaj Daulat Rao , who was very closest friend of Bajirao peshwa II , Maharani Baiza Bai ruled the empire cleverly saving from britishers,till the adopted child Janakoji rao took over the charge. srimant Jankoji died in the year 1843 and his widow maharani Tarabai Raje Shinde successfully maintained the position and adopted a child from close lineage named Jayajirao.

The Scindia family ruled Gwalior until India's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, when the Maharaja Jivajirao Scindia acceded to the Government of India. Gwalior was merged with a number of other princely states to become the new Indian state of Madhya Bharat. George Jivajirao served as the state's rajpramukh, or appointed governor, from 28 May 1948 to 31 October 1956, when Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh. The word Maharaja (also spelled maharajah) is Hindi as well as ancient Sanskrit for high king (a karmadharaya from maha great and rajan king). Its use is primarily for Hindu potentates (ruler or sovereign). ... George Jiyajirao Scindia (1916–1961) was the last reigning Maharaja of Gwalior state in central India, and the rajpramukh (appointed governor) of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state of independent India. ... India is subdivided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories; the states and territories are themselves further subdivided. ... Madhya Bharat is former state in west-central India. ... Rajpramukh was an administrative title in India. ... Madhya PradeÅ›   (HindÄ«: मध्य प्रदेश, English: , IPA: ), often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. ...

In 1962, Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia, the widow of Maharaja Jiwajirao, was elected to the Lok Sabha, beginning the family's career in electoral politics. She was first a member of the Congress Party, and later became an influential member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Her son Madhavrao Scindia was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1971 representing the Congress Party, and served until his death in 2001. His son, Jyotiraditya Scindia, also in the Congress Party, was elected to the seat formerly held by his father in 2002. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Her Highness Maharani Vijayaraje Scindia of Gwalior was a senior Bharatiya Janata Party politician and the Rajmata(queen mother) of the erstwhile princely state of Gwalior. ... Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... The Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party) is the largest subscription-based organisation in the world. ... The Bhāratīya Janatā Party (BJP) (Hindi: , English: ), created in 1980, is one of the two major national political parties in India. ... Madhavrao Scindia (1945-2001) was a prominent Indian politician and minister from the Scindia family, who formerly ruled Gwalior. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Jyotiraditya Scindia (born January 1, 1971) is an INC leader and Member of Parliament from Guna. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Scindia Maharajas of Ujjain and Gwalior

• Maharaja Ranojirao Scindia (1731 – 19 July 1745)
• Maharaja Jayapparao Scindia (1745 – 25 July 1755)
• Maharaja Jankojirao I Scindia (25 July 1755 – 15 January 1761). Born 1745.
• Meharban Srimant Dattaji Rao Shinde Maharaj Sahab, Regent (1755 – 10 January 1760). Died 1760.
• (15 January 1761 – 25 November 1763) vacant
• Maharaja Kedarjirao Scindia (25 November 1763 – 10 July 1764)
• Maharaja Manajirao Scindia (10 July 1764 – 18 January 1768)
• Maharaja Madhavrao I Scindia http://www.bluwiki.org/go/Alijah_Srinath(18 January 1768 – 12 February 1794). Born c.1730, died 1794.
• Maharaja Daulatrao Scindia (12 February 1794 – 21 March 1827). Born 1779, died 1827.
• Maharaja Jankojirao II Scindia (18 June 1827 – 7 February 1843). Born 1805, died 1843.
• Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia (7 February 1843 – 20 June 1886). Born 1835, died 1886.
• Maharaja Madhavrao II Scindia (20 June 1886 – 5 June 1925). Born 1876, died 1925.
• Maharaja (later Rajpramukh) George Jivajirao Scindia (Maharaja 5 June 1925 – 15 Aug 1947, Rajpramukh 28 May 1948 – 31 October 1956). Born 1916, died 1961.

Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Daulatrao Sindhia (born 1779, died 1827) was the king (Maharaja) of Gwalior state in central India from 1794 until his death in 1827. ... The Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior as seen in the Illustrated London News, 1875 Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia of the Scindia dynasty was the king of the princely state Gwalior from 1843 to 1886 under the british rule. ...

External links

• Genealogy of the Scindia dynasty
• http://www.bluwiki.org/go/Alijah_Srinath
• http://www.bluwiki.org/go/Daulatrao_Scindia
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayajirao_Scindia