House of Scindia
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House of Scindia or earlier known as the Sendrak was a Maratha royal house that ruled the erstwhile Gwalior State in central India. The Scindia dynasty rose to prominence in the 18th century and went
Sardar Ranoji Scindia (First Maharaja of the Scindia Dynasty)
Mahadaji Scindia was instrumental in resurrecting Maratha power in North India after the Battle of Panipat in 1761
Jiwajirao Scindia
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Sir Jiwajirao Scindia KStJ was the monarch of the Gwalior state during the British Raj and later the Rajpramukh of the Indian state of Madhya Bharat. Jiwajirao was the Maharaja, of the princely state
House of Scindia
…from close lineage named Jayajirao. The Scindia dynasty 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. Jiwajirao…
7th and the last ruling Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior, c. 1940
Jiwajirao Scindia as a child; Hand-coloured photograph, c. 1930
Scindia with his sister Kamala Raja Scindia
Jivajirao on a 1942 half anna coin.