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The predecessor state of Gwalior was founded in the 10th century. In 1231 Iltutmish captured Gwalior and from then till 1398 it was a part of Delhi Sultanate. In 1398, Gwalior came under the control of the Tomars. The most distinguished of the Tomar rulers was Man Singh Tomar, who commissioned several monuments within the Gwalior fort. [6]
According to legend, Gwalior was founded in 600 CE after a local chieftain, ... Shivendra Singh, Indian national hockey player, born and lives in Gwalior;
House of Scindia or earlier known as the Sendrak was a Hindu Maratha Royal House that ruled the erstwhile Gwalior State in central India. It had the Patil-ship of Kanherkhed in the district of Satara and was founded by Ranoji Scindia, who was sardar of maratha empire and real maratha warrior clan appointed by chattrapati shahuji maharaj-1's servant family from kokan worked as prime minister ...
The Resident at Gwalior answered directly to the Governor-General of India until 1854, when Gwalior Residency was placed under the authority of the Central India Agency. The fortress of Gwalior was captured by rebels during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and recaptured by British troops in 1858, who occupied the fortress until 1886. In 1860 the ...
India's field hockey team in Berlin, 1936, captained by Dhyan Chand (standing second from left) the gold medal winner. The IHF was formed on 7 November 1925 in Gwalior.India was the first non-European team to be a part of the FIH.
Sir George Jiwajirao Scindia [3] KStJ (26 June 1916 – 16 July 1961) was the ruler of the Gwalior state during the British Raj and later the Rajpramukh (Governor) of the Indian state of Madhya Bharat. Jiwajirao was the Maharaja, of the princely state of Gwalior in central India from 1925 until 1947.
Madhavrao Scindia (1945–2001), Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress and former Union Minister of Railways, Aviation and Human resources development, and the titular Maharaja of Gwalior. He is the father of Jyotiraditya Scindia. Vasundhara Raje (born 1953) BJP politician and a two-term Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
Founded Calcutta Madrasa (Aliah University) (1780) James Augustus Hicky's Bengal Gazette (first Indian newspaper published (1780) Second Anglo-Mysore war (1780–1784) Asiatic Society of Bengal was established by Sir William Jones (1784) Pitt's India Act (1784) Creation of collector post; The first Governor General to be prosecuted for impeachment.