Scindia

For the School in Gwalior, India, see Scindia School. For the Italian city, see Sindia, Italy.

The Scindia, also spelled Sindhia, Sindia, or Shinde, are a prominent Maratha family in India.

The dynasty was founded by Ranoji Rao Scindia, who the Maratha Peshwa, or chief minister, put in charge of the Maratha conquests in Malwa in 1726. Ranoji established his capital at Ujjain in 1731; His successor 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. After the defeat of the allied Maratha states by the British in the Third Anglo-Maratha War of 1818, the Scindia were forced to accept local autonomy as a princely state within British India and to give up Ajmer to the British. The Scindia family ruled Gwalior until India's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, when the Maharaja Jiyajirao 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 Jiyajirao 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.

In 1962, Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia, the widow of Maharaja Jiyajirao, 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.

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.
Dattaji, Regent (1755 – 10 January 1760). Died 1760.
(15 January 1761 – 25 November 1763) vacant
Maharaja Kadarjirao Scindia (25 November 1763 – 10 July 1764)
Maharaja Manajirao Scindia (10 July 1764 – 18 January 1768)
Maharaja Madhavrao I Scindia (18 January 1768 – 12 February 1794). Born c.1727, 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 Jiyajirao Scindia (Maharaja 5 June 1925 – 15 Aug 1947, Rajpramukh 28 May 1948 – 31 October 1956). Born 1916, died 1961.

External links

[Genealogy of the Scindia dynasty]

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