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Daulat Rao Scindia | |
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Maharaja (ruler) of Gwalior, Naib Vakil-i-Mutlaq (Deputy Regent of the Empire), Amir-al-Umara (Head of the amirs) | |
7th Maharaja of Gwalior | |
Reign | 12 February 1794 — 21 March 1827 |
Predecessor | Mahadaji Shinde |
Successor | Jankoji Rao Scindia II |
Naib Vakil of the Mughal Empire | |
Term | 12 February 1794 — 9 April 1818 |
Emperor | Shah Alam II Akbar II |
Predecessor | Mahadaji Shinde |
Successor | position abolished |
Born | 1779 |
Died | 21 March 1827 (aged 48) |
House | Scindia |
Father | Anand Rao Scindia |
Mother | Mainabai Scindia (née Angre) |
Religion | Hinduism |
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Shrimant Daulat Rao Scindia (also Shinde; 1779 – 21 March 1827) was the Maharaja (ruler) of Gwalior state in central India from 1794 until his death in 1827. His reign coincided with struggles for supremacy within the Maratha Empire, and wars with the expanding East India Company. Daulatrao played a significant role in the Second and Third Anglo-Maratha wars.[citation needed]