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Jivajirao Scindia KStJ (26 June 1916 – 16 July 1961) was the ruler of an Indian vassal state during the British Raj and later a government official. Jivajirao was the ruler, or Maharaja, of the princely state of Gwalior in central India from 1925 until 1947.
Vijaya Raje Scindia (born Lekha Divyeshwari Devi; 12 October 1919 – 25 January 2001), known popularly as the Rajmata of Gwalior, was an Indian politician and consort of the last ruling Maharaja of Gwalior, Jiwajirao Scindia, in British Raj.
Jayajirao Scindia GCB, GCSI, CIE (19 January 1834 – 20 June 1886) of the Scindia dynasty of the Marathas was the ruling Maharaja of Gwalior under the British rule from 1843 to 1886. [2] Early life.
His Highness Jiwajirao Scindia lost his father when he was nine years old. He recognized the importance of representative institutions. He followed his father’s legacy and undertook a number of measures to relieve the financial burdens of the farmers, established educational institutions, libraries, and hospitals for women and children.
Scindia Research Centre. It was the desideration of Maharaja Jiwajirao M. Scindia progressive Maharaja of Gwalior and the first Rajpramukh of Madhya Bharata, to conduct organised research on the history of the Marathas. The vision of Jiwajirao Maharaja became the guiding ideology of Scindia family.
On March 10, 1945, when Yuvraj Madhavrao Scindia was born in Bombay Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia arranged for a special train to take the new Prince back to Gwalior. The train steamed into the Jai Vilas Palace by the railway siding from Gwalior station.
On July 16, 1961, Maharaja George Jivajirao Scindia of Gwalior died. He was the last ruling maharaja of Gwalior because that Indian autonomous state was removed to the Republic of India during his lifetime.
The HH Maharaja Sir Jiwajirao Scindia Museum, a living Palace Museum, was inaugurated by Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakishnan, the then president of India. The Museum is managed and administered under Mannu Raje Charitable Trust.
Maharaja Jivajirao Scindia of the Scindia dynasty of the Marathas was the last reigning Maharaja of Gwalior state in central India. Later he was appointed as the governor of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state of independent India.
Jai Vilas Palace. The Jai Vilas Mahal, also known as the Jai Vilas Palace, is a nineteenth century palace in Gwalior, India. It was built in 1874 by Jayajirao Scindia, the Maharaja of Gwalior in the British Raj. [1] While the major part of the palace is now the "Jiwajirao Scindia Museum" which opened to the public in 1964, a part of it is still ...
