Daulat Rao Sindhia

Maharaja of Gwalior from 1794 to 1827 Daulat Rao ScindiaMaharaja of Gwalior, Naib Vakil-i-Mutlaq (Deputy Regent of the Hindostan Empire), Amir-al-Umara (Head of the Amirs), The Defender of DelhiShrimant Daulat Rao Scindia7th Maharaja of GwaliorReign12 February 1794 – 21 March 1827PredecessorMahadaji ScindiaSuccessorJankoji Rao Scindia IINaib Vakil of the Mughal EmpireTerm12 February 1794 – 9 April 1818EmperorShah Alam II Akbar IIPredecessorMahadaji ScindiaSuccessorPosition disestablishedBorn1779GwaliorDied21 March 1827 (aged 48)Gwalior, Scindia state of GwaliorSpouse Baiza Bai ​(m. 1798)​HouseShindeFatherAnand Rao ScindiaMotherMainabai Scindia (née Angre)ReligionHinduismSeal Daulat Rao Scindia (1779 – 21 March 1827) also conferred with the title "The defender of Delhi" was the Maratha Maharaja 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 wars with the expanding East India Company. Daulatrao played a significant role in the Second Anglo-Maratha War and Third Anglo-Maratha War. While most Indian rulers had accepted British rule, Scindia's kingdom maintained its independe