Gwalior State

Gwalior was one of the princely states of the Marathas in Malwa region in central India, which in 1724 tore the Peshwa of Pune the empire of the Great Mogul of Delhi. The Marathengeneral Ranoji Scindia ( Scindia ) was appointed Viceroy of this region and founded the Scindia dynasty. In 1731 he made Ujjain his capital. His son Jayapa ( 1745-59 ) conquered the fortress of Gwalior in 1751. After the defeat of the Peshwa in the Battle of Panipat in 1761 broke up the Marathenreich and the generals established de facto independent principalities. Mahadji Sindhia ( 1761-94 ) was further conquests of the real founder of the Sindhia State with its capital at Gwalior ( intermittently since 1766 ). He became the most powerful princes in northern India. In 1792, he was even able to put the driven from Delhi Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II on the throne. His successor Daulatrao Sindhia (1794-1827) was less happy. In the final stages of Marathenkriege he had to submit to the British, and 1803, against recognition of his state to hand over all conquests in Gujarat and between Jamuna and the Ganges in the Peace of Sarji Anjangaon under British protection.

1921 were 43 mini-states, which had been regarded as tribute -paying vassals since the 19th century as an independent, reintegrated. Gwalior in 1941 had an area of ​​67,400 km ² and population of 4 million. The Sindhia state took place on 15 June 1948, after India and joined on 16 June the prince Union Madhya Bharat, whose Rajpramukh (Head of State ) of the Maharaja Scindia was George Jivajirao (see History of India). On November 1, 1956 all princely states of the Union were dissolved and the state of Madhya Pradesh incorporated.

Gwalior had its own 1885-1950 State Post. Since Gwalior had concluded with the British Indian Post a convention, you used the stamps of British India overprinted with the country name and heraldry.