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title="Malwa">Malwa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Maina Bai<br />Chima Bai</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jayappaji_Rao_Scindia" title="Jayappaji Rao Scindia">Jayappaji Rao Scindia</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Dattaji_Rao_Scindia" title="Dattaji Rao Scindia">Dattaji Rao Scindia</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Jyotiba_Rao_Scindia" title="Jyotiba Rao Scindia">Jyotiba Rao Scindia</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Tukoji_Rao_Scindia" title="Tukoji Rao Scindia">Tukoji Rao Scindia</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Mahadji_Scindia" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahadji Scindia">Mahadji Scindia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scindia" class="mw-redirect" title="Scindia">Scindia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data">Jankoji Scindia (I)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold;">Military career</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="280" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha Empire">Maratha Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Senapati" title="Senapati">Senapati</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palkhed" title="Battle of Palkhed">Battle of Palkhed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dabhoi" title="Battle of Dabhoi">Battle of Dabhoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mandsaur" title="Battle of Mandsaur">Battle of Mandsaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vasai" title="Battle of Vasai">Battle of Vasai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bhopal" title="Battle of Bhopal">Battle of Bhopal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rampura_Campaign&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rampura Campaign (page does not exist)">Rampura Campaign</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ranoji Scindia</b> was the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Scindia" class="mw-redirect" title="Scindia">Scindia</a> dynasty, a gifted military commander under whose leadership Malwa was conquered. Scindia dynasty rose to prominence in the 18th century and went on to dominate India as one of the most prominent powers due to their influential presence in Delhi and their highly modernised army.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ranoji_Scindia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ranoji Scindia was born to a <a href="/wiki/Marathi_people" title="Marathi people">Marathi</a> family, who were the hereditary <a href="/wiki/Patil_(title)" title="Patil (title)">Patils</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kanherkhed" title="Kanherkhed">Kanherkhed</a>, a village in present day <a href="/wiki/Satara_district" title="Satara district">Satara district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>. He adopted and christened his surname from Shinde to Scindia when he became the independent ruler in malwa and central India thus founded the Scindia dynasty. The Scindia family had, in the previous centuries, served as <a href="/wiki/Shiledar" title="Shiledar">shiledars</a> (cavalrymen) of the <a href="/wiki/Bahmani_Sultanate" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahmani Sultanate">Bahmani Sultanate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eaton2005_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eaton2005-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ranoji_Scindia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a young man, Ranoji started in the service of <a href="/wiki/Balaji_Vishwanath" title="Balaji Vishwanath">Balaji Vishwanath</a> Peshwa.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time Ramchandrababa Sukhtankar, one of the Peshwa's diplomats, recognised Ranoji's talents and had him made the personal bodyguard of the Peshwa's son, <a href="/wiki/Bajirao_I" title="Bajirao I">Bajirao I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Embree1988_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Embree1988-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ayyar1999_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ayyar1999-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chandra2003_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chandra2003-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-seminar417424_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seminar417424-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon the death of his father, Bajirao was appointed as the Peshwa at the age of twenty by Chhatrapati <a href="/wiki/Shahu_I" title="Shahu I">Shahu I</a>. This evoked jealousy from senior officials at the Maratha court. This in turn led Baji Rao to promote talented young men who were barely out of teens such as Ranoji Scindia, <a href="/wiki/Malhar_Rao_Holkar" title="Malhar Rao Holkar">Malhar Rao Holkar</a>, the Pawar brothers, Pilaji Jadhav, and Fateh Singh Bhosle as commanders of his troops. None of these men belonged to families that held hereditary Deshmukhi rights under earlier rulers such as the Deccan Sultanates.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eaton2005_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eaton2005-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chandra2003_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chandra2003-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ranoji Scindia, along with Malharrao Holkar and Pawar brothers, was in charge of the Maratha campaign initiated by Peshwa Bajirao in <a href="/wiki/Malwa" title="Malwa">Malwa</a> in 1726. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bhopal" title="Battle of Bhopal">Battle of Bhopal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palkhed" title="Battle of Palkhed">Battle of Palkhed</a></div> <p>Ranoji was also involved in Bajirao's several battles, such as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Palkhed" title="Battle of Palkhed">Battle of Palkhed</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bhopal" title="Battle of Bhopal">Battle of Bhopal</a>. He established his capital at <a href="/wiki/Ujjain" title="Ujjain">Ujjain</a> in 1731. He appointed Ramchandrababa Sukhtankar as his <a href="/wiki/Dewan" title="Dewan">dewan</a>, or administrator, and Made Yashaji Rambhaji <a href="/wiki/Sarsenapati" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarsenapati">sarsenapati</a> of his army, while he spent most of his life on military campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some historians credit Sukhtankar with bringing the <a href="/wiki/Kumbh_mela" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumbh mela">Kumbh mela</a> to Ujjain in 1732.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-Jacobsen2008p31_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jacobsen2008p31-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An early account of the Haridwar Kumbh Mela was published by Captain Thomas Hardwicke in 1796 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-Jacobsen2008p31_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jacobsen2008p31-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ranoji_Scindia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ranoji had five sons: <a href="/wiki/Jayappa_Shinde" class="mw-redirect" title="Jayappa Shinde">Jayappajirao</a>, Jyotibarao, <a href="/wiki/Dattaji_Scindia" class="mw-redirect" title="Dattaji Scindia">Dattajirao</a>, Tukojirao, and <a href="/wiki/Mahadji_Shinde" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahadji Shinde">Mahadji Shinde</a>. The eldest four died fighting in various battles in northern India between 1750-1761. Mahadji, the youngest, had an illustrious career in the second half of the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His descendants were the rulers of the princely state of <a href="/wiki/Gwalior_State" title="Gwalior State">Gwalior</a> who ruled during British colonial period from 1731 to1947. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ranoji_Scindia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scindia" class="mw-redirect" title="Scindia">Scindia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ranoji_Scindia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFScindia" class="citation web cs1">Scindia, Ranoji. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jaivilaspalace.in/the-scindias/">"Scindia Research Centre"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Jai_Vilas_Mahal" title="Jai Vilas Mahal">The Jai Vilas Palace Museum</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Jai+Vilas+Palace+Museum&rft.atitle=Scindia+Research+Centre&rft.aulast=Scindia&rft.aufirst=Ranoji&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjaivilaspalace.in%2Fthe-scindias%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARanoji+Scindia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eaton2005-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Eaton2005_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eaton2005_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichard_M._Eaton2005" class="citation book cs1">Richard M. Eaton (19 December 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cGd2huLXEVYC&pg=PA188"><i>A social history of the Deccan, 1300-1761: eight Indian lives</i></a>. Cambridge University Press. pp. 188–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-25484-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-25484-7"><bdi>978-0-521-25484-7</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 July</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+social+history+of+the+Deccan%2C+1300-1761%3A+eight+Indian+lives&rft.pages=188-&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2005-12-19&rft.isbn=978-0-521-25484-7&rft.au=Richard+M.+Eaton&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcGd2huLXEVYC%26pg%3DPA188&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARanoji+Scindia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rathod, N.G., 1994. The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia. Sarup & Sons.page=1-5<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uPq640stHJ0C&q=ranoji&pg=PA1">[1]</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Embree1988-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Embree1988_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAinslie_Thomas_Embree1988" class="citation book cs1">Ainslie Thomas Embree (1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LtwpAQAAMAAJ"><i>Encyclopedia of Asian history</i></a>. Scribner. p. 14. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-684-18899-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-684-18899-7"><bdi>978-0-684-18899-7</bdi></a>. <q>Ranoji Scindia (d. 1750), the founder of Gwalior state, started his political career reputedly as a slipper-bearer at the court of the peshwa, or prime minister, of the Marathas, but soon rose to high office.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Asian+history&rft.pages=14&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-684-18899-7&rft.au=Ainslie+Thomas+Embree&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DLtwpAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARanoji+Scindia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ayyar1999-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ayyar1999_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFK._V._Krishna_Ayyar1999" class="citation book cs1">K. V. Krishna Ayyar (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oUtuAAAAMAAJ"><i>The Zamorins of Calicut: From the Earliest Times Down to A.D. 1806</i></a>. Publication Division, University of Calicut. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7748-000-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7748-000-9"><bdi>978-81-7748-000-9</bdi></a>. <q>The carrying of the Pallimaradi before the Zamorin on public occasions might have been due to the same reason as the carrying of a pair of golden slippers before Scindia , whose ancestor was the slipper - bearer of Peshwa Baji Rao - to show his respect for his original humble office which was the cause of his subsequent success</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Zamorins+of+Calicut%3A+From+the+Earliest+Times+Down+to+A.D.+1806&rft.pub=Publication+Division%2C+University+of+Calicut&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-81-7748-000-9&rft.au=K.+V.+Krishna+Ayyar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DoUtuAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARanoji+Scindia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Chandra2003-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Chandra2003_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Chandra2003_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSatish_Chandra2003" class="citation book cs1">Satish Chandra (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1BRuAAAAMAAJ"><i>Essays on Medieval Indian History</i></a>. Oxford University Press. p. 93. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-566336-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-566336-5"><bdi>978-0-19-566336-5</bdi></a>. <q>The Sindhias, it is well-known, were drawn from a Kunbi family which had the hereditary patel-ship of Kumberkerrab in the district of Wai. The origins of the Holkar were even more humble: they belonged to the caste of goat-herds (dungar), the family holding zamindari rights in the village of Hal.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Essays+on+Medieval+Indian+History&rft.pages=93&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-19-566336-5&rft.au=Satish+Chandra&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1BRuAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARanoji+Scindia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-seminar417424-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-seminar417424_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThapar1994" class="citation cs2">Thapar, Romila (1994), <i>Seminar - Issues 417-424</i>, p. 59, <q>Many peasant caste men who distinguished themselves in battle or otherwise served the ruler became Marathas . Witness the first Holkar who was a shepherd and the first Scindia who was a Kunbi personal servant of the Peshwa.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Seminar+-+Issues+417-424&rft.pages=59&rft.date=1994&rft.aulast=Thapar&rft.aufirst=Romila&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARanoji+Scindia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGordon2007" class="citation book cs1">Gordon, Stewart (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iHK-BhVXOU4C"><i>The Marathas 1600–1818</i></a>. 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Phoenix Publications. pp. 65, 69.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+History+of+the+Marathas%3A+The+expansion+of+the+Maratha+power%2C+1707-1772&rft.pages=65%2C+69&rft.pub=Phoenix+Publications&rft.date=1946&rft.aulast=Sardesai&rft.aufirst=Govind+Sakharam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fin.ernet.dli.2015.32142%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARanoji+Scindia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rathod, N.G., 1994. The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia. Sarup & Sons.page=1-5<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uPq640stHJ0C&q=ranoji&pg=PA1">[2]</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pandey, J., 2007. 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BACHELOR OF PLANNING (Doctoral dissertation, MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jacobsen2008p31-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jacobsen2008p31_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jacobsen2008p31_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames_Lochtefeld2008" class="citation book cs1">James Lochtefeld (2008). Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WT2odZ7_d7MC"><i>South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora</i></a>. 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Sarup & Sons.page=1-5<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uPq640stHJ0C&q=ranoji&pg=PA1">[4]</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFD700; text-align:center;"><div>Ranoji Scindia </div><div><b><a href="/wiki/Scindia" class="mw-redirect" title="Scindia">Scindia Dynasty</a></b></div><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> -</span><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"> <b>Died:</b> 1745</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;">Regnal titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">None</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Gwalior_State" title="Gwalior State">Maharaja 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<li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lalsot" title="Battle of Lalsot">Lalsot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chaksana" title="Battle of Chaksana">Chaksana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Patan" title="Battle of Patan">Patan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kharda" title="Battle of Kharda">Kharda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Poona" title="Battle of Poona">Poona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Delhi_(1803)" title="Battle of Delhi (1803)">3rd Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Assaye" title="Battle of Assaye">Assaye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Laswari" title="Battle of Laswari">Laswari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Farrukhabad" title="Battle of Farrukhabad">Farrukhabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bharatpur_(1805)" title="Siege of Bharatpur (1805)">Bharatpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Khadki" title="Battle of Khadki">Khadki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Koregaon" title="Battle of Koregaon">Koregaon</a></li> 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