| Madhavrao J. Scindia | |
|---|---|
 Scindia on a 2005 postage stamp of India | |
| Union Minister of Civil Aviation | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | Harmohan Dhawan |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Union Minister of Tourism | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Union Minister of Human Resource Development | |
| In office 1995–1996 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Succeeded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Railways | |
| In office 22 October 1986 – 1 December 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Mohsina Kidwai |
| Succeeded by | George Fernandes |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 10 October 1999 – 30 September 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Vijaya Raje Scindia |
| Succeeded by | Jyotiraditya M. Scindia |
| Constituency | Guna, Madhya Pradesh |
| In office 31 December 1984 – 10 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Narayan Shejwalkar |
| Succeeded by | Jaibhan Singh Pavaiya |
| Constituency | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh |
| In office 15 March 1971 – 31 December 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Acharya Kripalani |
| Succeeded by | Mahendra Singh Kalukheda |
| Constituency | Guna, Madhya Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1945 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (present day Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) |
| Died | 30 September 2001 (aged 56) Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1971–1977) |
| Spouse |
Madhavi Raje Sahib Scindia
(m. 1966) |
| Relations | See Scindia Dynasty |
| Children | Chitrangada Singh (daughter) Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (son) |
| Residence(s) | Jai Vilas Palace, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India Samudra Mahal, Mumbai, Maharashtra India |
| Occupation | Politician |
Madhavrao Jiwajirao Scindia (10 March 1945 – 30 September 2001) was an Indian politician and minister in the Government of India. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. He was viewed as a potential future prime ministerial candidate before the 1999 Lok Sabha elections in the aftermath of the controversy over Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin.
Scindia was the son of Jiwajirao Scindia, the last ruling Maharaja of the erstwhile Gwalior State. Upon the death of his father in 1961, and under terms agreed to during the political integration of India, Scindia succeeded to a privy purse, certain privileges, and the use of the title "Maharaja of Gwalior,"[1] which lasted until 1971, whereupon all were abolished by the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India.[2][3][4]
- ^ Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian princes and their states. Cambridge University Press. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-521-26727-4.
The crucial document was the Instrument of Accession by which rulers ceded to the legislatures of India or Pakistan control over the defence, external affairs, and communications. In return for these concessions, the princes were to be guaranteed a privy purse in perpetuity and certain financial and symbolic privileges such as exemption from customs duties, the use of their titles, the right to fly their state flags on their cars and to have police protection. ... By December 1947 Patel began to pressure the princes into signing Merger Agreements that integrated their states into adjacent British Indian provinces, soon to be called states or new units of erstwhile princely states, most notably Rajasthan, Patiala and East Punjab States Union, and Matsya Union (Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karaulli).
- ^ "The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971", indiacode.nic.in, Government of India, 1971, retrieved 9 November 2011
- ^ Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian princes and their states. Cambridge University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-521-26727-4.
Through a constitutional amendment passed in 1971, Indira Gandhi stripped the princes of the titles, privy purses and regal privileges which her father's government had granted.
- ^ Schmidt, Karl J. (1995). An atlas and survey of South Asian history. M.E. Sharpe. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-56324-334-9.
Although the Indian states were alternately requested or forced into union with either India or Pakistan, the real death of princely India came when the Twenty-sixth Amendment Act (1971) abolished the princes' titles, privileges, and privy purses.