GWALIOR
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The Scindia Dynasty
GENEALOGY
1768 - 1794 H.H. Ali
Jah, Umdat ul-Umara, Farzand-i-Arjumand, Maharajadhiraj
Maharaja Sahib Subadar Shrimant Madho Rao [Madhoji or
Mahadji] Scindia Bahadur, Shrinath, Mansur-i-Zaman, Naib
ul-Istiqlal-i-Maharajadhiraj Sawai Madhav Rao Narayan,
Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior. b. 1729, fifth and
youngest son of Shrimant Sardar Ranoji Rao Scindia, Patil
of Kanherkheda, by his second wife, Shrimant Akhand
Soubhagyavati Chima Sahib Scindia, educ.
privately. He entered the Maratha service under his
father and rose to high rank as a general and, with his
brothers, achieved several notable victories. Escaped
alive, but severely wounded, from the field of Panipat, 7th
January 1761. Seized Gwalior from the Raja of Gohad in
1765. Invested with the Sardarship, 18th
January 1768. Conquered Delhi and restored Emperor Shah
Alam II in 1792, in effect as his puppet. Commander of
the Imperial forces and Governor of Agra and Delhi.
Signed a Treaty of friendship and alliance with the HEIC,
by which the latter accepted Maratha supremacy in Central
India, 13th October 1781. Invested with the
titles of Bakshi ul-Mamlikat, Wakil-i-Mutlaq,
and Amir ul-Umara, together with the Royal
insignia, 4th December 1784. Deprived of these
ranks, 5th September 1787. Granted the titles
of Umdat ul-Umara, Farzand-i-Arjumand, Ali
Jah, Shrinath, Mansur-i-Zaman, and Naib
ul-Istiqlal-i-Maharajadhiraj Sawai Madhav Rao Narayan,
9th September 1790. m. nine
wives, including (a) H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati
Maharani Gangabai Raje Sahib Scindia (d. from
illness, at Gangapur, May 1792). (b) H.H. Shrimant Akhand
Soubhagyavati Maharani Lakshmibai Raje Sahib Scindia (d.
post 1806). m. (c) H.H. Shrimant Akhand
Soubhagyavati Maharani Bhagirathibai Raje Sahib Scindia (d.
15th August 1799). m. (d) July
1792 (?) H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Maharani
Yamunabai Raje Sahib Scindia (k. in bed, 14th
January 1800). m. (e) at Jaumgaon, November
1792,
m. (f) morganatically,
Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Kesaribai Sahib. m.
(g) morganatically, Ganna Begum Sahiba (bur.
near Noorabad), a Muslim lady of Persian descent who used
to work as his secretary in male disguise under the
pseudonym of Ganna Singh. He d. from typhoid
fever, at his camp at Wanavdi, near Poona, 12th
February 1794 (aged 67) (succ. by his grand
nephew), having had issue, three daughters:
1827 - 1843 H.H. Ali
Jah, Umdat ul-Umara, Hisam us-Sultanat, Mukhtar ul-Mulk,
Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Shrimant Jankoji Rao II Scindia
Bahadur, Shrinath, Mansur-i-Zaman, Maharaja Scindia of
Gwalior. b. 1805, as Mugat Rao Scindia, son of
Shrimant Sardar Patloji Rao Scindia, by his wife, the
sister of Ihtiram ud-Daula, Imarat Mahal, Sardar
Krishnaji Rao Kadam [Mama Sahib], Muzaffar Jang Bahadur,
sometime Regent of Gwalior, educ. privately.
Adopted by Maharani Baizabai Raje, the widow of Maharaja
Shrimant Daulat Rao Scindia after his death, 17th
June and ascended the gadi 18th June
1827. Reigned under the regency of Maharani Baijabai
until he came of age and was invested with full ruling
powers, December 1832. m. (first) at
Gwalior, 17th June 1827, H.H. Shrimant Akhand
Soubhagyavati Maharani Bejabai Raje Sahib Scindia,
youngest daughter of Meherban Shrimant Sardar Manyabarrao
Yeshwantrao Dabhade [Bapu Sahib], Sarsenapati, of
Talegaon, by his wife, Maharajkumari Shrimant Akhand
Soubhagyavati Chimnabai Maharaje Sahib, eldest daughter
of H.H. Ali Jah, Naib Vakil-i-Mutlaq, Amir ul-Umara,
Mukhtar ul-Mulk Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Shrimant Daulat
Rao Scindia Bahadur, Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior. m.
(second) at Gwalior, 1835 H.H. Shrimant Akhand
Soubhagyavati Maharani Sarabai Raje Sahib Scindia (d.
at Gwalior, 9th April 1838), daughter of
Shrimant Sardar Yeshwant Rao Ghorpade, Senapati. m.
(third) H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Maharani
Tarabai Raje Sahib Scindia (b. 1831), Regent for
her adopted son, Maharaja Jayaji Rao Scindia, 21st
May 1843 to 13th January 1844. He d. at
Lashkar, 7th February 1843 (succ. by
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