House of Scindia

For the Maratha clan, see Shinde. For the neighbourhood, see Scindia, Visakhapatnam.
House of Scindia
Flag (1731–1818)
CountryGwalior State
Founded1731
FounderRanoji Shinde
Current headJyotiraditya Scindia
Final rulerJiwajirao Scindia (Gwalior)
Madhavrao Scindia (as Rajpramukh)
Titles
Estate(s)Gwalior Fort
Shinde Chhatri
Jai Vilas Mahal
Deposition1948 (Gwalior State)
1971 (Rajpramukh under the Indian Union)

House of Scindia (anglicized from Shinde) is a Hindu Maratha Royal House that ruled the erstwhile Gwalior State in central India. It had the Patil-ship of Kanherkhed in the district of Satara and was founded by Ranoji Shinde, who started as a personal servant of the Peshwa Bajirao I.[1][2][3][4] Ranoji and his descendants, along with their rivals the Holkars, played a leading role during the Maratha ascendancy in northern India in the 18th-century. The Gwalior State became a princely state during the British Raj in the 19th and the 20th-centuries. After India's independence in 1947 and the abolition of princely states, several members of the Scindia (Shinde) family went on to enter Indian politics.[citation needed]

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