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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.
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.
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.
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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.
In 1962, Vijayraje Scindia, the widow of Maharaja Jiwajirao, was elected to the Lok Sabha, beginning the family's career in electoral politics. She was first a member of the Congress Party , and later became an influential member of the Bharatiya Janata Party .
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.
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.
