House of Scindia

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For the Maratha clan, see Shinde. For the neighbourhood, see Scindia, Visakhapatnam.
House of Scindia (Shinde)
Ranoji Shinde
Current headJyotiraditya Scindia
Final rulerJiwajirao Scindia (Gwalior)
Madhavrao Scindia (as Rajpramukh)
Titles
Estate(s)Gwalior Fort
Shinde Chhatri
Jai Vilas Mahal
Deposition1948 (Gwalior State)
1971 (Rajpramukh under the Indian Union)

House of Scindia (anglicized from

India's independence in 1947 and the abolition of princely states, several members of the Scindia (Shinde) family went on to enter Indian politics.[citation needed
]

Foundation

Maratha Sardar Ranoji Scindia

The Scindia (Shinde) dynasty was founded by

Shripatrao Pant Pratinidhi, Khanderao Dabhade and Kanhoji Bhosle.This led Baji Rao to promote as commanders of his troops, talented young men who were barely out of teens such as Malhar Rao Holkar, the Pawar (Puar) brothers, Pilaji Jadhav, Fateh Singh Bhosale and of course, Ranoji. None of these men belonged to families that held hereditary Deshmukhi rights under earlier rulers such as the Deccan Sultanates.[5][6] The Shindes or Scindias had served as shiledars (cavalrymen) under the Bahmani Sultanate and played an important role in the state of affairs and held Patilki of Kumberkerrab.[7][3]

There are otherwise several anecdotes about the origin of the Scindhias (Shindes), especially those recorded by

Marathas.[9]

History

The Maharaja of Gwalior Before His Palace

Maratha Period

Mahadji Shinde

The Scindia dynasty was founded by

Anglo-Maratha Wars.They held sway over many of the Rajput states, and conquered north India. In 1818, after accepting the terms of a subsidiary alliance with the British, the family shifted their base from Ujjain to The Gwalior.[citation needed
]

Rulers of Gwalior state under the British

After the defeat of the allied Maratha states by the British in the Third Anglo-Maratha War of 1818, Daulatrao Shinde was forced to accept local autonomy as a princely state within British-occupied India and to give up Ajmer to the British. After the death of Daulatrao, Maharani Baiza Bai ruled the empire, saving it from the British power, till the adopted child Jankoji Rao took over the charge. Jankoji died in 1843, and his widow Tarabai Raje Scindia successfully maintained the position and adopted a child from close lineage named Jayajirao.[citation needed]

Accession of Gwalior state into Independent India

The Scindia family ruled Gwalior until India's independence from the

state of Madhya Bharat. Jiwajirao Scindia 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.[citation needed
]

Political careers of family members

In 1962, Vijayraje Scindia, the widow of Maharaja Jiwajirao, was elected to the Lok Sabha, beginning the family's career in electoral politics.[11] 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 Jansangh Party, he joined Congress in 1980 and served until his death in 2001. His son, Jyotiraditya Scindia, joined the Congress Party and was elected to the seat formerly held by his father in 2004. He later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 11 March 2020.[citation needed]

Vijayaraje's daughters have supported the

lok sabha 2004, 2009 from Gwalior. Upon the BJP's win in the state, she became the state's Minister for Tourism, Sports and Youth Affairs. Vasundhara's son Dushyant Singh entered the Lok Sabha in 2004 from Rajasthan.[13]

Shinde Maharajas of Ujjain and Gwalior

Battle of Panipat in 1761[14]

The heads of the Royal House of Scindia include:

Titular Maharajas

Orders of chivalry

The Royal House of Scindia awards two

orders of chivalry; these knighthoods were instituted by Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia
in 1900 and 1907, respectively, and include:

Family tree

Shinde dynasty and the Family tree of the Maharajas of Gwalior
  Biological Child
  Adopted Child
Ranoji Rao
(1)
r. 1731-1745
Jayappaji
Rao
(2)
r. 1745-1755		Dattaji Rao
Regent
t. 1755-1761		Tukoji RaoMahadaji
(7)
r. 1768-1794
Jankoji
Rao I
(3)
r. 1755-1761		Kadarji Rao
(4)
r. 1763-1764		Anand RaoManaji Rao
(6)
r. 1764-1768
Baiza Bai
Regent
t. 1827-1833		Daulat Rao
(8)
r. 1794-1827
Jankoji
Rao II
(9)
r. 1827-1843		Tara Bai
Regent
t. 1843-1844
Sakhya Bai
Regent
t. 1886-1894		Jayaji Rao
(10)
r. 1843-1886
Madho Rao
(11)
r. 1886-1925		Gajra Bai
Regent
t. 1931-1936
Jivaji Rao
(12)
r. 1925-1948
– Titular –
r. 1948-1961
Madhav
Rao
(13)
– Titular –
r. 1961-1971
Head of
the Family
1971-2001
Jyotiraditya
(14)
Head of
the Family
2001-present

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-684-18899-7. Archived
    from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2020. Ranoji Scindia (d. 1750), the founder of Gwalior state, started his political career reputedly as a slipper-bearer at the court of the peshwa, or prime minister, of the Marathas, but soon rose to high office.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-81-7748-000-9. Archived
    from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2020. The carrying of the Pallimaradi before the Zamorin on public occasions might have been due to the same reason as the carrying of a pair of golden slippers before Scindia, whose ancestor was the slipper - bearer of Peshwa Baji Rao - to show his respect for his original humble office which was the cause of his subsequent success
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-566336-5. Archived
    from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2020. The Sindhias, it is well-known, were drawn from a Kunbi family which had the hereditary patel-ship of Kumberkerrab in the district of Wai. The origins of the Holkar were even more humble: they belonged to the caste of goat-herds (dungar), the family holding zamindari rights in the village of Hal.
  4. ^ a b Romila Thapar (1994). "Seminar – Issues 417–424": 59. Many peasant caste men who distinguished themselves in battle or otherwise served the ruler became Marathas. Witness the first Holkar who was a shepherd and the first Scindia who was a Kunbi personal servant of the Peshwa {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ISBN 978-0521033169. Archived
    from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  6. ^ Sardesai, Govind Sakharam (1946). New History of the Marathas: The expansion of the Maratha power, 1707–1772. Phoenix Publications. pp. 65, 69.
  7. ISBN 978-0-521-25484-7. Archived
    from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  8. ISBN 978-1139449083. Archived
    from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  9. ISBN 978-0-521-26883-7. Archived
    from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2020. Looking backward from ample material on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, we know that Maratha as a category of caste represents the amalgamation of families from several castes - Kunbi, Lohar, Sutar, Bhandari, Thakar, and even Dhangars (shepherds) – which existed in the seventeenth century and, indeed, exist as castes in Maharashtra today. What differentiated, for example, "Maratha" from "Kunbi"? It was precisely the martial tradition, of which they were proud, and the rights (watans and inams) they gained from military service. It was these rights which differentiated them from the ordinary cultivator, ironworkers and tailors, especially at the local level
  10. ISBN 978-81-85431-52-9
    .
  11. ^ "Vijaya Raje Scindia". Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
  12. ^ "Life and Career – Vasundhara Raje". Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Dushyant Singh wins". NDTV. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  14. ISBN 978-81-85431-52-9
    .
  15. ISBN 978-81-7041-859-7
    .

Further reading

External links

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