Yashwantrao Holkar

Yashwant Rao Holkar
6th Holkar Maharaja of Indore
Reign(as regent. 1799–1807)
(r. 1807–1811)
Coronation6 January 1799
SuccessorMalhar Rao Holkar III
Born3 December 1776
Wafgaon, Maratha Confederacy
(present-day Maharashtra, India)
Died28 October 1811(1811-10-28) (aged 34)
Bhanpura, Malwa, Maratha Confederacy
SpouseLadabai , Krishna Bai Holkar, Tulsabai
IssueBhimabai,Malhar Rao Holkar III.
Names
Yashwant Rao Holkar
FatherTukoji Rao Holkar
MotherYamunabai Holkar
ReligionHinduism

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]

  1. ^ Notes relative to the transactions in the Marhatta empire
  2. ^ Sarkar 1950, p. 169.