| Yashwant Rao Holkar | |||||
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 6th Holkar Maharaja of Indore | |||||
| Reign | (as regent. 1799–1807) (r. 1807–1811) | ||||
| Coronation | 6 January 1799 | ||||
| Successor | Malhar Rao Holkar III | ||||
| Born | 3 December 1776 Wafgaon, Maratha Confederacy (present-day Maharashtra, India) | ||||
| Died | 28 October 1811 (aged 34) Bhanpura, Malwa, Maratha Confederacy | ||||
| Spouse | Ladabai , Krishna Bai Holkar, Tulsabai | ||||
| Issue | Bhimabai,Malhar Rao Holkar III. | ||||
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| Father | Tukoji Rao Holkar | ||||
| Mother | Yamunabai Holkar | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
Yashwant Rao Holkar (1776–1811) also known as Jaswantrao Holkar belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy was the Maharaja of the Indore. He was a gifted military leader and educated in accountancy as well as literate in Persian, Marathi and Urdu.[1]
In January 1799, Yashwant Rao Holkar ascended the Holkar throne.[2]
- ^ Notes relative to the transactions in the Marhatta empire
- ^ Sarkar 1950, p. 169.