Devrukh, Ratnagiri District, Bombay Presidency, Company India
Died
9 January 1896 (age 76)
British India
Other names
Raja Sir Dinkar Rao Rajwade
Awards
KCSI
Photograph by Felice Beato, circa 1857
Raja Sir Dinkar Rao RajwadeKCSI (20 December 1819 – 9 January 1896) was an Indian court official, born in Devrukh,[1] Ratnagiri district of Bombay Presidency. He was the son of Raghunath Rao by his first wife. He was a Chitpavan Brahmin.
Dinkar Rao's education in his mother tongue was commenced in about his fifth year under the supervision of his father who was in the service of Maharaja Daulat Rao Scindia. He was also instructed in Sanskrit and Persian. Particular attention appears to have been bestowed on his religious education. He grew up an orthodox Hindu, pious and punctual in the performance of his religious duties. He loved Hindu music and acquired a fair knowledge of Hindu medicine.[2]
At the age of fifteen, he entered into the service of the Gwalior State where his father had served. Rapidly promoted to the responsible charge of a division, he showed such signs of marked ability that his services were specially recognised by his appointment as the Subahdar of Tanwarghar division, in succession to his father. He displayed unusual talents in reorganizing the police and revenue departments, and in reducing chaos to order.[3]
In 1851, Dinkar Rao became Dewan. The events which led to the British victories of Maharajpur and Panniar in 1844 had filled the state with mutinous soldiery, ruined the finances and weakened authority. With a strong hand the dewan suppressed disorder, abolished ruinous imports, executed public works, and by reduction of salaries, including his own, turned a deficit into a surplus. During the period of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Rao never wavered in loyalty to the British; and although the state troops also mutinied in June 1858 on the approach of Tantya Tope, he adhered to the British cause, retiring with Maharaja Sindhia to the Agra fort. After the restoration of order he continued to serve as Prime Minister until December 1859.
Dinkar Rao left Gwalior in January 1859 and shifted to Allahabad, the capital of the North-Western Provinces.[1] Lord Canning recognising his value as an administrator offered him a seat in the Supreme Council, as the newly constituted Imperial Legislative Council vide the Indian Councils Act 1861 was known. In 1862, he was nominated by Lord Canning, along with Raja Sir Deo Narayan Singh of Benaras and Maharaja of Patiala to the legislative council.[4]
In March 1862, Dinkar Rao published his "Memorandum of observations on the Administration of India." It contains his views on forty-six subjects and it was written for the Viceroy's perusal and consideration.[1]
In 1873, he was appointed guardian to the minor Raja of Dholpur, but soon afterwards he resigned, owing to ill health.[3]
^ abcBurway, M. W. (1907). Rajah Sir Dinkar Rao. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^Representative Indians by Govinda Parameswaran Pillai
^ abOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rao, Sir Dinkar". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 897.
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