State Within the Maratha Confederacy (1731–1818) Protectorate of the East India Company (1818–1857) Princely State of the British Raj (1857–1947) State of the Dominion of India (1947–1948)
Capital
Ujjain (1731–1810)
Gwalior (1810–1948)
Common languages
Bundeli
Hindi
Marathi
Government
Monarchy
Raja
• 1731 – 1745 (first)
Ranoji Scindia
• 1925 – 1948 (last)[a]
Jiwajirao Scindia
History
• Established
1731
• Accession to Dominion of India
15 June 1948
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Maratha Empire
Jhansi State
Dominion of India
Today part of
India ∟ Madhya Pradesh
The Maharaja of Gwalior before his palace by Edwin Lord Weeks.
Gwalior state was a semi-autonomous Maratha state. It was centred in modern-day Madhya Pradesh, arising due to the rise of the Maratha Empire and fragmentation of the Mughal Empire.
It was ruled by the House of Scindia (anglicized from Shinde), a Hindu Maratha dynasty, and was entitled to a 21-gun salute when it became a princely state of the India.[1] The state took its name from the old town of Gwalior, which, although not its first capital, was an important place because of its strategic location and the strength of its fort; it became later its capital, after Daulat Rao Sindhia built its palace in the village of Lashkar, near the fort. The state was founded in the early 18th century by Ranoji Sindhia, as part of the Maratha Confederacy. The administration of Ujjain was assigned by Peshwa Bajirao I to his faithful commander Ranoji Shinde and his Sarsenapati was Yasaji Rambhaji (Rege). The Mahakaaleshwara temple situated in ujjain was reconstructed during the administration of Shrimant Ranojirao Scindia in ujjain.[2][full citation needed]
Under Mahadji Sindhia (1761–1794) Gwalior State became a leading power in Central India, and dominated the affairs of the confederacy. The Anglo-Maratha Wars brought Gwalior State under British suzerainty, so that it became a princely state of the British Indian Empire. Gwalior was the largest state in the Central India Agency, under the political supervision of a Resident at Gwalior. In 1936, the Gwalior residency was separated from the Central India Agency, and made answerable directly to the Governor-General of India. After Indian Independence in 1947, the Scindia rulers acceded to the new Union of India, and Gwalior state was absorbed into the new Indian state of Madhya Bharat.[3]
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^"Gwalior – Princely State (21 gun salute)". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^Website of Shri Mahakaleshwar temple, Ujjain
^Boland-Crewe, Tara; Lea, David (2004). The Territories and States of India. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780203402900.
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