Gwalior State

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former country princely state

Gwalior State was a prominent princely state in central India, historically ruled by the Scindia dynasty and known for its strategic fortress city of Gwalior.

Aliases (2)

Gwalior State (initially) ×1
princely state of Gwalior ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former country → princely state →
allegiance	Maratha Confederacy →
capital	Gwalior →
continent	Asia →
country	British India →
currency	Gwalior rupee →
dateOfEvent	1947 →
endTime	1948 →
event	accession to the Dominion of India →
foundedBy	Scindia dynasty →
founder	Ranoji Scindia NERFINISHED →
governmentType	monarchy →
knownFor	strategic fortress city of Gwalior →
language	Hindi → Marathi → Urdu →
locatedIn	Central India →
mergedInto	India → Madhya Bharat →
militaryStatus	maintained its own army →
notablePlace	Bhind → Gwalior Fort → Lashkar → Morena → Ujjain →
notableRuler	Jayajirao Scindia NERFINISHED → Jivajirao Scindia NERFINISHED → Mahadji Scindia NERFINISHED →
overlord	British Empire →
participatedIn	Indian Rebellion of 1857 → Third Battle of Panipat →
partOf	Central India Agency → Chamber of Princes →
predecessor	Maratha Empire →
privyPurseAtAccession	high →
railway	Gwalior Light Railway →
rankInPrincelyOrder	one of the largest princely states in India →
region	Bundelkhand → Malwa →
religion	Hinduism →
rulingDynasty	Scindia dynasty →
sovereigntyStatus	semi-sovereign under British suzerainty →
startTime	18th century → c. 1730 →
strategicFeature	hilltop fortress →
successor	Madhya Bharat State NERFINISHED → Madhya Pradesh →
titleOfRuler	Maharaja Scindia NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rani Lakshmibai →	deathPlace
Chamber of Princes ("Gwalior State (initially)") →	excludes
Indian princely states →	largeState
Scindia of Gwalior →	ruled
Gwalior ("princely state of Gwalior") →	wasCapitalOf