Jean Baptiste Filose was a military commander in the army of
Daulat Rao Sindhia
Shrimant Daulat Rao Shinde (also Sindhia; 1779 – 21 March 1827) was the Maharaja (ruler) of Gwalior state in central India from 1794 until his death in 1827. His reign coincided with struggles for supremacy within the Maratha Empire, and war ...
, the
Maratha
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ruler of
Gwalior
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. In 1811 he captured the fortress of
Chanderi on the eastern border of Sindhia's kingdom from the
Bundela
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Etymology
As per Jaswant ...
Rajput
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rulers. He led Sindhia's forces against
British
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during the
Third Anglo-Maratha War
The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1819) was the final and decisive conflict between the English East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of Maratha ter ...
(1817–1818), and captured the fortress of
Garha Kota
The Garha, Gaur, Gaud or Gour, Gauri are a Muslim community or caste found in the Indian states of Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,Manohar, K S Singh, ed. (2005) ''People of India Uttar Pradesh''. Vol. XXIII. p. 407 Punjab and Uttarakhand.
...
near
Sagar in 1817.
In 1841, Jean Baptiste Filose, Colonel and Sardar in the services of Maharaja Scindia, permitted a Catholic school to be established in his property at Jamuna Bagh, Agra. A few years later, he made a donation of one lakh rupees, then a fabulous amount, for the construction of a new Catholic school for boys in Agra. The foundation stone was laid in 1846 by Major O'Gorman of the East India Company. This school was named St. Peter's College and continues today in Agra. (Source: St. Peter's College, Agra Sesquicentenary 1846–1996, publisher, place and date are not given, p27)
People from Gwalior
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