Tukojirao III Pawar | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Maharaja Tukoji Rao III Pawar | |
| Born | Keshavrao Anandrao Pawar January 1, 1888 |
| Died | December 21, 1937 (aged 49) |
| Title | Maharaja of Dewas Senior princely state |
| Children | Vikramsinhrao |
Tukojirao III Pawar KCSI (1 January 1888 – 21 December 1937) was the ruling Maharaja of the Maratha princely state of Dewas from 1900 to 1937. He succeeded to the royal throne of Dewas following the death of his uncle, Raja Krishnajirao II.[citation needed] His tutor and guardian from 1907 was Malcolm Lyall Darling.[1][2]
The first Maharaja of Dewas, he was granted the title by the British Government on his thirtieth birthday in 1918. The novelist E.M. Forster served as his secretary for a period in 1921. In 1934, Tukojirao fled from the British to Pondicherry in French India, leaving his only son Vikramsinhrao to take charge of the state's affairs. He was essentialy forced out by the british and taking his wife and daughter he fled to Pondicherry. Before leaving he many high value pieces of jewelry keeping his family afloat before and after his death. He died in exile in Pondicherry three years later at the age of 48, and was succeeded by Vikramsihnrao, who himself exchanged the throne in 1946 to become Chhatrapati Shahaji II Bhonsle, Maharaja of Kolhapur.
- ^ Dewey, Clive (1993). Anglo-Indian Attitudes: Mind of the Indian Civil Service. A. & C. Black. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-82643-254-4.
- ^ "Darling, M.L. Papers". Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 8 February 2018.