Gwalior State

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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.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former country ⓘ
princely state ⓘ
allegiance Maratha Empire ⓘ
surface form: 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 Scindia of Gwalior ⓘ
surface form: Ranoji Scindia
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
knownFor strategic fortress city of Gwalior ⓘ
language Hindi ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn Central India ⓘ
mergedInto India ⓘ
Madhya Bharat ⓘ
militaryStatus maintained its own army ⓘ
notablePlace Bhind ⓘ
Gwalior Fort ⓘ
Lashkar ⓘ
Morena ⓘ
Ujjain ⓘ
notableRuler Jivajirao Scindia ⓘ
surface form: Jayajirao Scindia

Jivajirao Scindia ⓘ
Mahadaji Scindia ⓘ
surface form: Mahadji Scindia
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 ⓘ
surface form: Madhya Bharat State

Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
titleOfRuler Scindia of Gwalior ⓘ
surface form: Maharaja Scindia

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rani Lakshmibai → deathPlace → Gwalior State ⓘ
Indian princely states → largeState → Gwalior State ⓘ
Gwalior → wasCapitalOf → Gwalior State ⓘ
this entity surface form: princely state of Gwalior
Scindia of Gwalior → ruled → Gwalior State ⓘ
Chamber of Princes → excludes → Gwalior State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gwalior State (initially)
Central India Agency → composedOf → Gwalior State ⓘ
Gird → historicallyAssociatedWith → Gwalior State ⓘ
Indore State → borderedBy → Gwalior State ⓘ
Jai Vilas Palace → associatedWith → Gwalior State ⓘ
Shivpuri → historicalAssociationWith → Gwalior State ⓘ
Shivpuri → wasPartOf → Gwalior State ⓘ
Bharatpur State → borderedBy → Gwalior State ⓘ
Dholpur State → predecessorState → Gwalior State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gwalior State (overlordship)
Dholpur State → borderedBy → Gwalior State ⓘ
Jhalawar State → hasBorderWith → Gwalior State ⓘ
Scindia dynasty → royalHouseOf → Gwalior State ⓘ
Scindia dynasty → ruled → Gwalior State ⓘ
Vijaya Raje Scindia → associatedWith → Gwalior State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gwalior princely state
Madhavrao Scindia → placeOfOrigin → Gwalior State ⓘ
Daulat Rao Scindia → country → Gwalior State ⓘ
Daulat Rao Scindia → territorialBase → Gwalior State ⓘ
Lashkar → locatedInFormerEntity → Gwalior State ⓘ
Gwalior rupee → usedIn → Gwalior State ⓘ
Gwalior rupee → usedIn → Gwalior State ⓘ
this entity surface form: princely state of Gwalior
Gwalior rupee → currencyOf → Gwalior State ⓘ
Gwalior rupee → monetaryAuthority → Gwalior State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gwalior State government
Gwalior Light Railway → builtFor → Gwalior State ⓘ
Madhya Bharat → predecessor → Gwalior State ⓘ
Imperial Service Troops → raisedFrom → Gwalior State ⓘ