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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surnames  Gwalior    
First Name(s)  Daulat Rao Sindia    
Year of Birth  1780    
Year of Death  1827    
Entry  Succeeded his great uncle and adoptive father Madhava (Madhoji) Sindia {q.v.), in 1794: he organized a formidable army under French officers, plundered Poona,seized Ahmadnagar : declined an alliance with the British against an Afghan invasion : was defeated at Poona in 1802 by Jaswant Rao Holkar. In 1803 he was allied with the Raja of Berar to defeat the objects of the Treaty of Bassein : they were routed by General Arthur Wellesley at Assaye on Sep. 23, 1803, and at Argaum on Nov. 28, 1803 : he was forced to sign the Treaty of Sirji Anjenguam, Dec. 30, 1803, and cede territory : Lord Lake also defeated his forces at Alighar on Aug. 29, 1803, at Delhi and Agra, and at Laswari on Nov. 1 : he submitted in 1805 : Lord Cornwallis in 1805 restored Gohadand Gwalior to him. Daulat Rao continued to give trouble by the support he gave to the Pindaris and their depredations, and was compelled by Lord Hastings to make another treaty in 1817 : as he failed in his engagements, the fort of Asirghar was taken from him : he died March 21, 1827.     
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