Gwalior State

State of Gwalior
1731–1948
Flag of the state (1731–1818) Coat of arms
Gwalior State within the Maratha Confederacy in 1761 (Yellow)
Map of Gwalior State in 1903
Status	State Within the Maratha Confederacy (1731–1818) Protectorate of the East India Company (1818–1857) Princely State of the India (1857–1947) State of the Dominion of India (1947–1948)
Capital	Ujjain (1731–1810) Gwalior (1810–1948)
Common languages	Bundeli Hindi Marathi
Government	Monarchy
Maharaja
• 1731–1745	Ranoji Scindia (first)
• 1925–1948	Jiwajirao Scindia (last)
History
• Established	1731
• Accession to Dominion of India	15 June 1948
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Gohad Jhansi State Maratha Confederacy Dominion of India
Today part of	India ∟ Madhya Pradesh

The Gwalior State was a state within the Maratha Confederacy located in Central India. It was ruled by the House of Scindia (anglicized from Sendrak), a Hindu Maratha dynasty. Following the dissolution of the Confederacy, it became part of the Central India Agency of the Indian Empire under British protection.

The state was entitled to a 21-gun salute when it became a princely state of the India.^[1] It took its (later) name from the old town of Gwalior, which, although not its first capital, was an important place because of its strategic location and the strength of its fort; it became later its capital, after Daulat Rao Sindhia built its palace in the village of Lashkar, near the fort. The state was founded in the early 18th century by Ranoji Sindhia, as part of the Maratha Confederacy. The administration of Ujjain was assigned by Peshwa Bajirao I to his faithful commander Ranoji Shinde and his Sarsenapati was Yasaji Rambhaji (Rege). The Mahakaaleshwara temple situated in ujjain was reconstructed during the administration of Shrimant Ranojirao Scindia in ujjain.^{[2][full citation needed]}

Under Mahadji Sindhia (1761–1794) Gwalior State became a leading power in Central India, and dominated the affairs of the confederacy. The Anglo-Maratha Wars brought Gwalior State under British suzerainty, so that it became a princely state of the Indian Empire. Gwalior was the largest state in the Central India Agency, under the political supervision of a Resident at Gwalior. In 1936, the Gwalior residency was separated from the Central India Agency, and made answerable directly to the Governor-General of India. After Indian Independence in 1947, the Scindia rulers acceded to the new Union of India, and Gwalior state was absorbed into the new Indian state of Madhya Bharat.^[3]