Scindia family tree
The Scindias of Gwalior from Ranoji Scindia to Jyotiraditya: Vijayaraje, Madhavrao, Vasundhara Raje and Yashodhara Raje, and the adoptions that carried the line.
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The Scindia rulers of Gwalior, in order
- 1Ranoji Scindia (1700 – 1745)
- 2Jayappa Scindia (1720 – 1755)
- 3Jankoji Rao Scindia (the first) (1745 – 1761)
- 4Mahadji Scindia (1730 – 1794)
- 5Daulat Rao Scindia (1779 – 1827)
- 6Jankoji Rao Scindia (the second) (1805 – 1843)
- 7Jayajirao Scindia (1834 – 1886)
- 8Madho Rao Scindia (1876 – 1925)
- 9Jivajirao Scindia (1916 – 1961)
Who is related to whom in the Scindia family
How is Jyotiraditya Scindia related to Vasundhara Raje?
Vasundhara Raje is Jyotiraditya Scindia’s paternal aunt (bua in Hindi). Both descend from Jivajirao Scindia and Vijayaraje Scindia.
How is Jyotiraditya Scindia related to Yashodhara Raje Scindia?
Yashodhara Raje Scindia is Jyotiraditya Scindia’s paternal aunt (bua in Hindi). Both descend from Jivajirao Scindia and Vijayaraje Scindia.
How is Jyotiraditya Scindia related to Vijayaraje Scindia?
Vijayaraje Scindia is Jyotiraditya Scindia’s paternal grandmother (dadi in Hindi).
How is Dushyant Singh related to Jyotiraditya Scindia?
Jyotiraditya Scindia is Dushyant Singh’s first cousin (mamera bhai in Hindi): Vasundhara and Madhavrao were brother and sister. Both descend from Jivajirao Scindia and Vijayaraje Scindia.
How is Vasundhara Raje related to Madhavrao Scindia?
Madhavrao Scindia is Vasundhara Raje’s brother (bhaiya in Hindi). Both descend from Jivajirao Scindia and Vijayaraje Scindia.
How is Jyotiraditya Scindia related to Mahadji Scindia?
Mahadji Scindia is Jyotiraditya Scindia’s paternal 7× great-uncle. Both descend from Ranoji Scindia.
How is Jyotiraditya Scindia related to Chitrangada Singh?
Chitrangada Singh is Jyotiraditya Scindia’s sister (didi in Hindi). Both descend from Madhavrao Scindia and Madhavi Scindia.
How is Vikramaditya Singh related to Jyotiraditya Scindia?
Jyotiraditya Scindia is Prince Vikramaditya Singh’s brother-in-law (saala in Hindi).
How is Jivajirao Scindia related to Jayajirao Scindia?
Jayajirao Scindia is Jivajirao Scindia’s paternal grandfather (dada in Hindi).
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The Scindia family, generation by generation
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- Ranoji Scindia (1700 – 1745): Founder of the Scindia dynasty, a commander under the Peshwa Bajirao I who set up his base at Ujjain in 1731.
- Jayappa Scindia (1720 – 1755): Ranoji's eldest son, who ruled after him and died in 1755.
- Jankoji Rao Scindia (the first) (1745 – 1761): Jayappa's only son, who became Maharaja at ten and died in 1761.
- Dattaji Rao Scindia (1723 – 1760): Ranoji's son, who acted as regent for Jankoji and was killed at Barari Ghat in 1760.
- Jyotiba Rao Scindia (1726 – 1760): Ranoji's son, who died in 1760.
- Tukoji Rao Scindia (1727 – 1761): Ranoji's son, killed at the Battle of Panipat in 1761; his grandson became Maharaja.
- Anand Rao Scindia: Tukoji's son and Daulat Rao's father.
- Daulat Rao Scindia (1779 – 1827): Became Maharaja of Gwalior in 1794 at fifteen, after Mahadji died without an heir. · married Baiza Bai (1784 – 1863): Daulat Rao's widow, who ruled briefly in 1827 and adopted Jankoji Rao II.
- Jankoji Rao Scindia (the second) (1805 – 1843): Maharaja of Gwalior from 1827 to 1843; adopted by Baiza Bai and died without an heir. · married Tara Raje: Jankoji Rao II's widow, who adopted Jayajirao.
- Jayajirao Scindia (1834 – 1886): Maharaja of Gwalior from 1843 to 1886, adopted as a boy of nine.
- Madho Rao Scindia (1876 – 1925): Maharaja of Gwalior from 1886 to 1925.
- Jivajirao Scindia (1916 – 1961): Last ruling Maharaja of Gwalior and Rajpramukh of Madhya Bharat until 1956. · married Vijayaraje Scindia (1919 – 2001): Jivajirao's wife, a Rajmata of Gwalior who became a leading BJP politician; mother of Madhavrao, Vasundhara and Yashodhara.
- Padmavati Raje Burman (1942 – 1964): Jivajirao and Vijayaraje's eldest daughter, who married Kirit Bikram Kishore of Tripura and died in 1964. · married Kirit Bikram Kishore (1933 – 2006): Padmavati Raje's husband, the last ruling Maharaja of Tripura.
- Usha Raje Rana (b. 1943): Jivajirao and Vijayaraje's daughter, married to Pashupati Shumsher Rana of Nepal. · married Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (b. 1941): Usha Raje's husband, a Nepali politician and a grandson of Mohan Shumsher Rana.
- Devyani Rana (b. 1972): Usha Raje and Pashupati Rana's daughter.
- Madhavrao Scindia (1945 – 2001): Congress politician and Union minister, killed in a plane crash in 2001. · married Madhavi Scindia (? – 2024): Madhavrao's wife, from the Rana family of Nepal; mother of Chitrangada and Jyotiraditya.
- Chitrangada Singh (b. 1967): Madhavrao Scindia's daughter, married to Vikramaditya Singh of the Kashmir royal family. · married Prince Vikramaditya Singh (b. 1964): Chitrangada's husband and a son of Karan Singh.
- Jyotiraditya Scindia (b. 1971): Union minister; Madhavrao's son and Jivajirao's grandson. · married Priyadarshini Raje Scindia (b. 1975): Jyotiraditya Scindia's wife, from the Gaekwad family of Baroda.
- Mahanaryaman Scindia (b. 1995): Jyotiraditya and Priyadarshini Raje's son.
- Ananya Raje Scindia (b. 2002)
- Vasundhara Raje (b. 1953): Twice Chief Minister of Rajasthan, and a former Union minister. · was married to Maharaj Rana Hemant Singh (b. 1951): Vasundhara Raje's former husband, the titular Maharaj Rana of Dholpur.
- Dushyant Singh (b. 1973): Vasundhara Raje's son and a member of the Lok Sabha. · married Niharika Raje: Dushyant Singh's wife.
- Yashodhara Raje Scindia (b. 1954): Jivajirao and Vijayaraje's youngest daughter, a former minister in Madhya Pradesh.
- Mahadji Scindia (1730 – 1794): Ranoji's youngest son; ruled Gwalior from 1768 to 1794 and left no heir.
Also in this tree, through marriage
- Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya (1908 – 1947)
- Pratap Singh I of Nabha (1919 – 1995): The last Maharaja of Nabha; Hemant Singh's father.
- Crown Prince Karan Singh (b. 1931): Vikramaditya Singh's father, a former Union minister and member of the Kashmir royal family.
- Sangramsinh Gaekwad (b. 1941): Priyadarshini Raje's father, of the Gaekwad family of Baroda.
- Thakur Mahendra Singh
- Kanchan Prava Devi
- Chuda Devashwari Devi: Vijayaraje's mother, from the Rana family of Nepal.
- Patloji Rao Scindia
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- Ranoji Scindia: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Dattaji Rao Scindia: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Mahadji Scindia: photo by James Wales, Public domain
- Daulat Rao Scindia: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Baiza Bai: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Jayajirao Scindia: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Madho Rao Scindia: photo by original = unknown, scan = Tim Ross, Public domain
- Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Jivajirao Scindia: photo by R L Desai, Public domain
- Vijayaraje Scindia: photo by India Post, Government of India, GODL-India
- Crown Prince Karan Singh: photo by Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana: photo by Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Madhavrao Scindia: photo by India Post, Government of India, GODL-India
- Vasundhara Raje: photo by Newsofrajasthan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yashodhara Raje Scindia: photo by Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0
- Prince Vikramaditya Singh: photo by Sumbria.vikramaditya, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jyotiraditya Scindia: photo by Ministry of Civil Aviation, GODL-India
- Kanchan Prava Devi: photo, author unknown, Public domain
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