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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.
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.
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.
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.
It was built in 1874 by Jayajirao Scindia, the Maharaja of Gwalior in the British Raj. 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 the residence of some of his descendants.
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.
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.
Mar 15, 2020 · In 1939, when the Maharaja of Indore banned the annual RSS Dusshera procession in Indore (on British advice), Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia (Jyotiraditya’s grandfather) allowed them to celebrate the festival in Ujjain instead.
Aug 5, 2018 · 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.
Mar 9, 2023 · In the history of Indian Railways, it was Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia, who in 1872 lent Rs 75 lakh for the construction of the Agra-Gwalior portion of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway. In the following year, a similar amount was advanced for the Indore-Nimach section of the Rajputana-Malwa Railway.
