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Gwalior: revival

The Scindia family went through a decline after the Third Battle of Panipat and their fortunes were revived under Mahadji Scindia. Despite the fact of his successor Daulat Rao being the dominant player in the Maratha confederacy, and despite Daulat Rao's outwardly stabilizing treaty with the British, the moral decline within the Gwalior royals continued to affect their political fortunes till the mid-19th century.

This interal decay had set in very early on, in fact even before the Maratha civil war. Mahadji had long prayed for one of his queens to bear him a son, and when that failed, had adopted his grand-nephew to succeed him. The immature 13-year old gaining so much power at a young age, soon became a slave of sensual pleasures, and came under the influence of Sharza Rao, the chieftain of Kagal, who married his daughter Baiza Bai to him.

Under Sharza Rao's influence the ignorant young prince precipitated a war between the Pagnis and Chitnis families of Brahmans who had dominated the military and civil administration (respectively) of Mahadji Scindia. Unable to provide for the financial sustenance of Mahadji Scindia's widows, Daulat Rao came to battle with them as well, which brought for the widows the support of the Pagnis branch. And in trying to bring the rival Holkar family under his control, sparked a war with them too, which ultimately degenerated into the Maratha civil war.

On Daulat Rao's death in 1827, Baiza Bai acted as Regent of Gwalior State——her maladministration resulted in the British removing her in 1833. But the internal decay and quarrels within the army and administration of the Scindias continued to plague the peace of their state.



The momentous events of 1857 occured in the reign of the young ruler Jayaji Rao. The internal decay described above led to part of the Gwalior army attempting to once again play the role of king-makers in Gwalior——many of these soldiers were not native Marathas but Purbias and they felt a kinship with the Purbias of the East India Company who had led the revolt. But Jayaji Rao held firm and was given a great reception at Calcutta (September 1857) by Lord Canning for not giving in to his rebellious sepoys. By this time the revolt had been taken over by Islamists crying out for the revival of Muslim rule in the Indo-Gangetic plains.

The attack on Gwalior by Tantya Tope and Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi the next year, and the desertion of his troops to them, forced Jayaji Rao to flee to Agra——the recovery of Gwalior by the British (June 1858) began the revival of the Gwalior Royal Family after so many years of internal decay and instability.

Gwalior Modernization

Gwalior state funded the construction of railway lines passing through its territory. Maharaja Jayaji Rao owned his own engine and carriages, along with a miniature model in silver, which was used to serve delicacies to guests at his dinner table:

the train moves around the table and comes to a halt whenever a guest reaches out for a particular delicacy or digestive

In the Imperial Durbar held at Delhi in 1877, Jayaji Rao received recognition and titles from the grateful British, including the rank of General and a salute of 21 guns. To receive the Prince of Wales in his State, Jayaji Rao commissioned Michael Filose to construct the Laxmi Vilas Palace At Gwalior in 1875-76. Filose was instructed to study the royal residences in Europe and buy whatever he needed for the construction.

The dome of the Durbar Hall within this palace was modeled on that of St Peter's Cathedral in Rome. The carpet for this vast expanse was woven within the room. Huge chandeliers by F&C Osler, bearing 248 lights each, were hung from the ceiling——but only after its strength had been tested by hoisting and keeping elephants on the roof for three days!



The closeness between the British and Gwalior royals continued to the next generation. King George V and Queen Mary became godparents to Madho Rao's children, Jivaji (hence nicknamed George after his godparent) and Kamlaraje (Mary). During the First World War, Gwalior State funded the Hospital Ship SS Loyalty, which anchored off the coast of Ethiopia and tended to the wounded soldiers. This ship was later purchased by an Indian businessman, Walchand Hirachand Doshi, for his Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Madho Rao was also a keen hunter and wildlife conservationist——tigers and leopards were housed in the vast Nalka Garden at the Laxmi Vilas Palace.



George Jivaji Rao Scindia ruled the state until its merger into independent India in 1947. He received modern education but was also devoted to Hindu traditions. At a young age he reportedly told his tutor Austin Robinson, "Sahib it is not my job to make you a Hindu; and it is not your job to make me a Christian."

Politics

Gwalior was the leading princely state in Central India. Jiyaji Rao was chosen as Rajpramukh (ceremonial head) of the newly formed state of Madhya Bharat (Central India), which later merged with the neighboring regions to form modern Madhya Pradesh. After he passed away in 1961, his widow Vijayraje Scindia entered politics, first as a member of the ruling Indian National Congress.

But disillusioned by the course that party took under the dictatorial Indira Gandhi, Vijayraje joined the Bharatiya Jan Sangh and was elected several times to Parliament. She was jailed by Indira Gandhi during the Emergency (1975-77) but on her release the Jana Sangh went on to win the elections of 1977. Her son Madhav Rao was estranged from his mother and joined the Congress Party of Indira——the estrangement lasted till the widow's passing in 2001.

Her daughters Vasundhara and Yashodhara continued with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the former becoming the Chief Minister of neighboring Rajasthan state. Madhav Rao was a leading member of the Congress Party till his death in 2001. He was succeeded by his son Jyotiraditya Scindia, both in the political and family heritage.

the Madhav Vilas Palace at Shivpuri served as the summer retreat for the Scindia family and the center of a game reserve, which is now the Madhav Shivpuri National Park for tigers.

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Badami Caves of Chalukya Dynasty (Karnataka)
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Princely state of MAIHAR- 9 gun salute State

Present day Madhya Pradesh

ACCESSION: 1st April 1950 DYNASTY: Kacchwaha

SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1778, Maihar was located in the Bundelkhand Agency, Central India States. The family apparently migrated from Alwar in the 17th or 18th century with Bhim Singh, and obtained land from the Orchha chief. Rulers were...

1. Thakur BENISINHJI, 1st Thakur Saheb of Maihar 1778/1788, born 1719, grandson of Bhim Singh, became minister to Raja Hindupat of Orchha, who granted him the territory that now forms most of the Maihar tehsil in 1778, which originally was part of Rewah, he constructed numerous tanks and buildings, married and had issue. He died 1788.
   • Thakur RAJDHARSINHJI BENISINHJI (qv)
   • Thakur DURJANSINHJI BENISINHJI (qv)

2. Thakur RAJDHARSINHJI BENISINHJI, 2nd Thakur Saheb of Maihar 1788/1790, born about 1765, his lands were occupied by Nawab Ali Bahadur of Banda, married and had issue. He died 1790.

3. Thakur DURJANSINHJI BENISINHJI, 3rd Thakur Saheb of Maihar 1790/1825, born 1766, Durjan Singh received sanads from the British Government in 1806 and 1814, confirming him in the possession of his lands, the state was divided between his two sons after his death, married and had issue. He died 1825.
   • Thakur BISHANSINHJI DURJANSINHJI (qv)

   • Thakur Pragdasji Durjansinhji of Kunwara, served as Kamdar to the Raja of Panna in 1829; obtained Bijai Raghogarh in 1826, which was confiscated in 1858 owing to the rebellion of the chief; married and had issue. He died 1845.

     • Thakur Surjuprasadji Pragdasji of Bijai Raghogarh 1845/1858

4. Thakur BISHANSINHJI DURJANSINHJI, 4th Thakur Saheb of Maihar 1826/1850, born 1797, the Bengal Government in 1828/1831, recognized the right of the Thakur Sahib to the Taluka of Khatoli which had been leased to Lal Jagmohan Singh, Jagirdar of Simeria and a tributary of the Raja of Rewa; married and had issue.
   • Thakur MOHANPRASADSINHJI BISHANSINHJI (qv)

5. Thakur MOHANPRASADSINHJI BISHANSINHJI, 5th Thakur Saheb of Maihar 1850/1852, born 1816, married and had issue. He died 1852.

   • Raja RAGHUBIRSINHJI MOHANPRASADSINHJI (qv)
REGENCY 1852/1865
6. Raja RAGHUBIRSINHJI MOHANPRASADSINHJI, 6th Raja Saheb of Maihar 1852/1908, born 1843 (#1), succeeded 1852, Raja [cr.1869] (Hereditary), a personal salute of 9 guns was granted on 1st January 1877 and made hereditary in 1878; married and had issue. He died 1908.
   • Raja JADUBIRSINHJI RAGHUBIRSINHJI (qv)

   • Raja RANDHIRSINHJI RAGHUBIRSINHJI (qv)

7. Raja JADUBIRSINHJI RAGHUBIRSINHJI, 7th Raja Saheb of Maihar 1908/1910, born 1864, died sp 7th January 1910.

8. Raja RANDHIRSINHJI RAGHUBIRSINHJI, 8th Raja Saheb of Maihar 1910/1911, born 1865, married and had issue. He died 15th December 1911.

   • HH Maharaja Sir BRIJNATHSINHJI RANDHIRSINHJI Ju Deo Bahadur (qv)
REGENCY 1911/1917

9. HH Maharaja Sir BRIJNATHSINHJI RANDHIRSINHJI Ju Deo Bahadur K.C.I.E., 9th Maharaja Saheb of Maihar 1911/1968 , born 22nd February 1896 (#2), he was granted the title of Maharaja [193x]; married nine wives, including (a), HH Maharani Surendra Kumari Devi, daughter of the Maharaj Sahib of Semlia in Rajasthan, married (b), HH Maharani Brinda Devi of Patna, and had issue, three sons and five daughters. He died 13th October 1968.

   • HH Maharaja GOVIND SINGH (by HH Maharani Surendra Kumari Devi) (qv)

   • Maharajkumar Ram Chandra Singh (by HH Maharani Surendra Kumari Devi), born 4th November 1933.

   • Maharajkumari Mahendra Kumari Devi (by HH Maharani Surendra Kumari Devi), married Raja Jagdish Pratap Sahi of Deara Raj in Sultanpur District, Oudh, U.P., and had issue.

   • Maharajkumar Narayan Singh Judeo, third son, M.L.A. (Maihar); married Rajkumari Sarat Kumari Devi, daughter of Raja Saheb Anirudh Pratap Narayan Singh of Padrauna, and has issue, four children.

     • Rajkumari Sharda Kunwar, born 18th June 1968, married 2nd May 1986 in Salempur, Kunwar Sanjay Singh of Salempur, Azamgarh, and has issue.
       • Kumari Rajlaxmi Singh
       • Kumari Rajeswari Singh

       • Bhanwar Rudra Raj Singh

     • Rajkumari Jayanti Kunwar
     • Rajkumar Brij Raj Singh Judeo
     • Rajkumari Jyoti Kunwar

   • Kanwarani Rajendra Kumari, born 5th November 1943, married 20th June 1957, Kanwar Rajendra Singh of Bashahr, and had issue.

10. HH Maharaja GOVIND SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur, 10th Maharaja Saheb of Maihar 1968/1981, born about 1924, married 1stly, HH Maharani Yaduvansh Kumari, daughter of Maj.Gen. HH Maharajadhiraj Raj Bhupinder Singh Mahendra Bahadur of Patiala, and his wife, HH Maharani Vimal Kaur, married 2ndly, HH Maharani Kanak Kumari, and had issue, as well as futher issue by secondary wives, including Rani Giriraj Kumari. He died 1981.

    • Maharajkumari Durgesh Kumari (by Maharani Yaduvansh Kumari), married Jitender Rangar, and has issue, two sons.

      • Kumar Dhawanender Rangar

      • Kumar Dheerander Rangar
    • Maharajkumari Kaushalindra Kumari (by Maharani Yaduvansh Kumari), married Man Mohan Singh Puri, and has issue, three daughters.

      • Kumari Ketki Singh

      • Kumari Gauri Singh

      • Kumari Jyoti Singh
    • Maharajkumari Mithalindra Kumari (by Maharani Yaduvansh Kumari), married Madhukar Gupta, and has issue, a son and a daughter.

      • Kumari Bhavana Gupta

      • Kumar Shivashish Gupta
    • HH Maharaja Shrimant Saheb CHARNAMIRIT SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur (by Maharani Kanak Kumari) (qv)
    • Maharajkumari Shailendra Kumari (by Maharani Kanak Kumari)
    • Maharajkumar Raghuvir Singh (by Rani Giriraj Kumari), born 26th June 1969 at New Delhi, married 22nd May 1997 in Bikaner, Kaurani Ambika Kumari, and has issue.

      • Kumar Yashwardhan Singh, born 2001.

      • Kumar Harshwardhan Singh, born 2002.

11. HH Maharaja Shrimant Saheb CHARNAMIRIT SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur, 11th Maharaja Saheb of Maihar 1981/- , born 1965, married HH Shreemati Maharani Kaviteshwari Devi, eldest daughter of Shrimant Raja Narendra Singhji of Jamnia, and his wife, Shreemati Rani Kanak Devi, and had issue, one son and one daughter.

    • HH Maharaja Shrimant Saheb AKSAYRAJ SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur (qv)

    • Maharajkumari Vigyani Kumari, married 2010 at Maihar Palace, Raja Samarendra Shekhar Deo, Raja Saheb of Gangpur.

PRESENT HEAD OF THE MAIHAR FAMILY: HH Maharaja Shrimant Saheb AKSAYRAJ SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur, 12th Maharaja Saheb of Maihar

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