Editing Gwalior (section)

===Princely state of Gwalior===
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[[Scindia]] is a Maratha clan in India. This clan included rulers of the [[Gwalior State]] in the 18th and 19th centuries, who were a [[princely state]] during the period of British colonial rule until Indian independence. During independence, the clans became involved in politics.

[[File:Gwalior (Baedeker, 1914).jpg|thumb|Map of the city, ca 1914]]
The Scindia state<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/gwalior |title=Gwalior |author=Abhinay Rathore |work=Rajput Provinces of India |date=January 1971 |access-date=28 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621050303/http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/gwalior |archive-date=21 June 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> of Gwalior became a major regional power in the second half of the 18th century and figured prominently in the three [[Anglo-Maratha Wars (disambiguation)|Anglo-Maratha Wars]]. (Gwalior first fell to the British in 1780.) The Scindias held significant power over many of the [[Rajput]] states, and conquered the state of Ajmer. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the city was briefly held by rebel forces in 1858 until they were defeated by the British.<ref>''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'', p. 740</ref> The Scindia dynasty ruled Gwalior until India's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, when the [[Maharaja]] [[Jiwajirao Scindia]] acceded to the Government of India. Gwalior was merged with a number of other princely states to become the new Indian state of Madhya Bharat. Jivajirao Scindia served as the state's [[Rajpramukh]], or the appointed governor, from 28 May 1948 to 31 October 1956, when Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh. Gwalior was the first princely state that was merged into India. [[File:Gwalior Twelve Annas King George VI SG137.jpg|thumb|A King George VI stamp of 1949, inscribed 'GWALIOR']]

In 1962, [[Vijaya Raje Scindia|Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia]], the widow of Maharaja Jivajirao Scindia, was elected to the Lok Sabha, beginning the family's career in electoral politics. She was first a member of the Congress Party, and later became an influential member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Her son, Maharaja [[Madhavrao Scindia]] was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1971, representing the Congress Party, and served until his death in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zubrzycki |first1=John |date=6 August 2023 |title=Did India let down the maharajahs? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66370541 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=8 August 2023 |archive-date=7 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807230428/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66370541 |url-status=live }}</ref> His son, [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]], also in the Congress Party, was elected to the seat formerly held by his father in 2004, but later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2020.