Malhar rao holkar biography of mahatma gandhi
Biography of mahatma gandhi death.
Malhar Rao Holkar
First Maharaja of Indore from 1731–1766
Malhar Rao Holkar (16 March 1693 – 20 May 1766) was a noble subedar of the Maratha Empire, in present-day India.
Malhar rao holkar biography of mahatma gandhi
He was one of the early officers along with Ranoji Scindia to help spread the Maratha rule to northern states and was given the estate of Indore to rule by the [chhatrapati's Pradhan, during the reign of the Maratha emperor Shahu I.
He was founder of the Holkar dynasty that ruled Malwa.
Early life
Malharrao Holkar was born on 16 March 1693 to Khandu Ji Holkar in a Hatkar-Dhangar family in Hol village near Jejuri in Pune district of Maharashtra.
His father died in 1696, when he was only three years of age. Malhar Rao grew up in Taloda (Nandurbar District, Maharashtra) in the castle of his maternal uncle, Sardar Bhojrajrao Bargal. His maternal uncle held a cavalry under Maratha noble Sardar Kadam Bande.
Bargal asked Malhar Rao to join his cavalry and soon after that he was placed in-charge of cavalry detac