PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
In 1728, the Maratha Peshwa of Poona (today Pune) granted
what is now the Indore State to Malhar Rao Holkar, a
cavalry commander in his service. The Maharaja maintains a
military force of 3231 cavalry, 6128 infantry, and 65
guns. He is entitled to a salute of 21 guns within the
limits of Indore territory, and 19 guns elsewhere (in
1893). Rulers were..
- Maharaja Holkar
MALHAR RAO I HOLKAR, 1st Maharaja of Indore
1731/1766, born 1694, married and had issue. He died
19th May 1766.
- Maharajkumar Khandi Rao Holkar, born 1724, married
Maharani Ahalya Bai, daughter of Shri Mankoji Shinde
of Choundi, and had issue. He died vp on
15th March 1754.
- Maharaja Holkar Male Rao Holkar (qv)
- Maharaja Holkar
MALE RAO HOLKAR, 2nd Maharaja of Indore
1766/1767, born 1745, died sp on 5th April
1767.
REGENT
Maharani Ahalya Bai 1767/1795, born 1725, died 13th
August 1795.
- Maharaja
Holkar TUKOJI RAO I HOLKAR, 3rd Maharaja of
Indore 1795/1797, born 1723, married and issue. He
died 15th August 1797.
- Maharaja Holkar Yashwant Rao I Holkar (qv)
- Maharaja Holkar Kashi Rao Holkar (qv)
- Maharaja Holkar Malhar Rao II Holkar (qv)
- Maharajkumar Vithoji Rao Holkar, married and had
issue. He died 1801.
- Maharaja Holkar Hari Rao Holkar (qv)
- Maharajkumar Wittaji Rao Holkar, died 1806.
- Maharaja
Holkar MALHAR RAO II HOLKAR, 4th Maharaja of
Indore 1797/1798, born 1770, married and had issue. He
died 1798.
- Maharajkumar Khande Rao Holkar, born 1797, died
1808.
- Maharaja
Holkar KASHI RAO HOLKAR, 5th Maharaja of
Indore 1798/1806, died sp in 1806 (1808).
- Maharaja
Holkar YASHWANT RAO I HOLKAR, 6th Maharaja of
Indore 1806/1811, born 1779, married and had issue. He
died 20th October 1811.
- Maharaja Holkar Malhar Rao III Holkar (qv)
- Maharaja Holkar Martand Rao Holkar (qv)
REGENT
Maharani Tulsi Bai 1811/1815
- Maharaja
Holkar MALHAR RAO III HOLKAR, 7th Maharaja of
Indore 1811/1833, born 1801, died sp on 27th
October 1833.
- Maharaja
Holkar MARTAND RAO HOLKAR, 8th Maharaja of
Indore 1833/1834, died sp on 2nd February 1834
- Maharaja
Holkar HARI RAO HOLKAR, 9th Maharaja of
Indore 1834/1843, born 1795, married and had issue. He
died 24th October 1843.
- Maharaja Holkar Khande Rao II Holkar (qv)
- Maharaja
Holkar KHANDE RAO II HOLKAR, 10th Maharaja of
Indore 1843/1844, died sp on 17th February
1844.
- Maharaja
Holkar TUKOJI RAO II HOLKAR, 11th Maharaja of
Indore 1844/1886, born 1832, married and had issue. He
died 17th June 1886.
- HH Maharajadhiraj Holkar Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri
Shivaji Rao Holkar (qv)
- HH
Maharajadhiraj Holkar Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri
SHIVAJI RAO HOLKAR, 12th Maharaja of Indore
1886/1903 (abdicated), born 1859, married and had
issue. He died 1908.
- HH Maharajadhiraj Holkar Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri
Sir Tukoji Rao III Holkar (qv)
-
 HH Maharajadhiraj Holkar
Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir TUKOJI RAO III HOLKAR,
13th Maharaja of Indore 1903/1926 (abdicated), born
26th November 1890, G.C.I.E. [cr.1918], the ruler
enjoys a 21 local gun salute, married 1stly, HH
Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Chandrawati Bai
(Senior Maharani), married 2ndly June 1913, HH
Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Indira Bai
(Junior Maharani), married 3rdly, 12th March 1928 at
Barwaha, Her Highness Maharani Shrimant Akhand
Soubhagyavati Sharmishtha Devi Bai Sahiba (née
Nancy Anna Miller), born 9th September 1907 in
Seattle, died 1995, and had issue, one son and five
daughters. He died 21st May 1978 in Paris, France.
- Field Marshal (Hon.) HH Maharajadhiraj Holkar Raj
Rajeshwar Sawai Shrimant Yeshwant Rao II Holkar
Bahadur (by Chandrawati Bai) (qv)
- Maharajkumari Manorama Raje (by Chandrawati Bai),
died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty.
- Maharajkumari Sharada Raje (by Sharmistha Bai),
born 1929.
- Maharajkumari Sita Raje (by Sharmistha Bai), born
8th November 1930 in the Château de Saint
Germain near Paris, married Shrimant Sardar
Fatehsinhrao Dattajirao Ghatge of Kagal-Jnr, and has
issue.
- Maharajkumari Sumitra Raje (by Sharmistha Bai)
- Maharajkumari Sushila Raje (by Sharmistha Bai),
married 20th February 19xx at Barwaha, Sardar Bolia.
 Field Marshal (Hon.) HH
Maharajadhiraj Holkar Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shrimant
YESHWANT RAO II HOLKAR Bahadur, 14th Maharaja
of Indore 1926/1961, G.C.I.E., LL.D., born 6th
September 1908, educated at Cheam Public School,
Surrey and Charter House; Christchurch College,
Oxford; married 1stly 1924, HH Maharani Sanyogitabai
Raje Ghatge, born 1913, died 13th July 1937 in Paris,
daughter of Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri
Dattajirao Narayanrao [Kaka Sahib] Ghatge Sarjerao,
Chief of Kagal-Jnr, b his third wife, married 2ndly,
19th September 1938 (div.1942) in Mexico City,
Marguerite Lawler (married 1stly (div. 1938), John
Branyen, married 3rdly 1945, Charles W. Masters), born
1909 in Fargo, ND, she died 1963 in Corona del Mar,
CA, married 3rdly, 6th July 1943 (div. 1960), Euphemia
Fay Watt (born 1st July 1914, died 6th
September 1994), and had issue. He died 5th December
1961 at Bombay (#1).
- HH Maharanidhiraja Rani Rajeshwar Sawai Shrimant
Akhand Soubhagyavati Usha Devi Holkar, (by 1st wife)
(qv)
- Shrimant Maharajkumar Richard Shivajirao
Yeshwantrao Holkar, (by 3rd wife), born 18th May
1944, Chairman of Rehwa Society (founded 1977), a
fine gourmet and cook, he has co-authored a book on
"The Cooking of the Maharajas" with Sally (he now
pens a column "Maheshwar Musings" for a Delhi-based
magazine), his favourite pastime is fishing, married
1stly, 11th August 1966 in Dallas (div. 2002),
Shrimant Akhaund Soubbagyavati Shalinidevi Holkar
[née Sally Sue Budd], born 1945, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. Burcham Budd Jr. of Dallas, married
2ndly, Pamela Rooks, died 1st October 2010, and has
issue.
- Shrimant Akhand Soubbagyavati Sabrinaraje
Sanyogita Holkar (by Shalinidevi), born 25th
October 1979, educated in the U.S.A., married 3rd
March 2006, Ari Kanakdari Ellis.
- Shrimant Maharaj Yeshwantrao Holkar (by
Shalinidevi), born 3rd November 1982, educated in
the U.S.A.
- HH
Maharanidhiraja Rani Rajeshwar Sawai Shrimant Akhand
Soubbagyavati Usha Devi Holkar, 15th Maharani
of Indore (see above)
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