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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jyotiraditya Scindia
| image = The Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia addressing the first meeting of the India Colombia Business Forum, in Bogota, Columbia on July 06, 2012.jpg
| image_size = 250px
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| residence = [[Jai Vilas Palace]], [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India<br />[[New Delhi]], India
| office = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]]
| term_start = 7 July 2021
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| president = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Hardeep Singh Puri]]
| successor =

| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 20 June 2020
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]
| predecessor1 = [[Satyanarayan Jatiya]]
| successor1 = Incumbent
| office3 = [[Ministry of Power (India)|Minister of State (Independent charge) for Power]]
| primeminister3 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start3 = 28 October 2012
| term_end3 = 26 May 2014
| predecessor3 = [[Veerappa Moily]]
| successor3 = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| constituency2 = [[Guna (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Guna]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start2 = 24 February 2002
| term_end2 = 23 May 2019
| predecessor2 = [[Madhavrao Scindia]]
| successor2 = [[Krishna Pal Singh Yadav|Dr. K. P. Yadav]]
| president2 =
| father = [[Madhavrao Scindia]]
| relatives = *[[Vasundhara Raje]] {{small|(Aunt)}}
*[[Yashodhara Raje]] {{small|(Aunt)}}
*[[Vijaya Raje Scindia]] {{small|(Grandmother)}}
*{{small| see [[Scindia family]]}}
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br />(2020–present)
| alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] ([[B.A.]])<br />[[Stanford University]] ([[M.B.A.]])
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Priyadarshini Raje Scindia]]|1994}}
| children = 2
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] <br />(2001–2020)
| website =
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'''Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia''' (born 1 January 1971) is an [[Indian politician]] who serves as the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jyotiraditya-scindia-is-india-s-new-civil-aviation-minister-1825188-2021-07-07|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia is India's new Civil Aviation Minister|website=India Today|access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref> He belongs to the [[Scindia|House of Scindia]] that once ruled in [[Gwalior]] and a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] representing the State of [[Madhya Pradesh]].

He is a former [[16th Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Lok Sabha]], representing the [[Guna (Lok Sabha constituency)|Guna constituency]] in Madhya Pradesh until his defeat in the [[2019 Indian general election]]. He is a former member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and presently a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].

While a member of the INC, Scindia was a Minister of State with independent charge for [[Ministry of Power (India)|Power]] in the cabinet of prime minister [[Manmohan Singh]] from October 2012 until May 2014. In March 2020, he severed all ties with [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].

==Early life and education==
Scindia was born on 1 January 1971 in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] to [[Madhavrao Scindia]] and Madhavi Raje Scindia. He claims to belong to the [[Kurmi]] [[caste system in India|caste]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=M|first1=Dilip|last2=al|date=2019-03-12|title=Congress has never been a party of OBCs, but something's changing now|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/congress-has-never-been-a-party-of-obcs-but-somethings-changing-now/204518/|access-date=2020-07-10|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-14|title=Diggy-Jyoti feud may have roots in history|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/diggy-jyoti-feud-may-roots-history|access-date=2020-07-10|website=The Sunday Guardian Live|language=en-US}}</ref> He was educated at [[Campion School, Mumbai]] and at [[The Doon School]], [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The evolution of Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Scindia |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/the-evolution-of-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/11710390.cms|publisher= [[Times of India]]|date= 2002-06-02|access-date=2009-06-21}}</ref>

Scindia was admitted to [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]], [[University of Delhi]]. He later transferred to [[Harvard College]], the undergraduate [[liberal arts college]] of [[Harvard University]], where he graduated with BA degree in [[Economics]] in 1993. In 2001, he received a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commerce.nic.in/bio/stateminister.asp|title=Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia - Minister of State for Commerce & Industry|publisher=Department of Commerce, Government of India|access-date=2011-03-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163607/http://www.commerce.nic.in/bio/stateminister.asp|archive-date=21 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dipp.nic.in/CV_MOS.htm|title=Jyotiraditya M. Scindia - Minister of State for Commerce & Industry|publisher=Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Government of India|access-date=2011-03-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322024448/http://www.dipp.nic.in/CV_MOS.htm|archive-date=22 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Scindia is a grandson of [[Jivajirao Scindia]], the last Maharaja of the [[princely state]] of Gwalior, who, although joining the [[Dominion of India]] in 1947, was allowed his former titles and privileges, including an annual remuneration called the [[Privy Purse in India|privy purse]]. Upon his death in 1961, his son, Madhavrao Scindia (Jyotiraditya's father) became titular Maharajah of Gwalior, as the 26th amendment<ref>{{Citation|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend26.htm|title=The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971|publisher=Government of India|work=indiacode.nic.in|year = 1971|access-date=9 November 2011}}</ref> to the [[Constitution of India]] promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of [[princely state|princely India]], including titles, privileges, and privy purses.<ref>'''1.''' {{cite book|last=Ramusack|first=Barbara N.|author-link=Barbara Ramusack|title=The Indian princes and their states|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&pg=PA278|access-date=6 November 2011|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26727-4|page=278}}, "Through a constitutional amendment passed in 1971, Indira Gandhi stripped the princes of the '''titles''', privy purses and regal privileges which her father's government had granted." (p 278). '''2.''' {{citation|last=Naipaul|first=V. S.|author-link=V. S. Naipaul|title=India: A Wounded Civilization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYeWbmq7pkIC&pg=PT37|access-date=6 November 2011|date=8 April 2003|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-3075-0|pages=37–}} Quote: "The princes of India – their number and variety reflecting to a large extent the chaos that had come to the country with the break up of the Mughal empire – had lost real power in the British time. Through generations of idle servitude they had grown to specialize only in style. A bogus, extinguishable glamour: in 1947, with Independence, they had lost their state, and Mrs. Gandhi in 1971 had, without much public outcry, abolished their privy purses and '''titles'''." (pp 37–38). '''3.''' {{citation|last=Schmidt|first=Karl J.|title=An atlas and survey of South Asian history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzmkFXSgxqgC&pg=PA78|access-date=6 November 2011|year=1995|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-1-56324-334-9|page=78}} Quote: "Although the Indian states were alternately requested or forced into union with either India or Pakistan, the real death of princely India came when the Twenty-sixth Amendment Act (1971) abolished the princes' '''titles''', privileges, and privy purses." (page 78). '''4.''' {{citation|last=Breckenridge|first=Carol Appadurai|author-link=Carol Breckenridge|title=Consuming modernity: public culture in a South Asian world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LN4MN35b-r4C&pg=PA84|access-date=6 November 2011|year=1995|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|isbn=978-0-8166-2306-8|pages=84–}} Quote: "The third stage in the political evolution of the princes from rulers to citizens occurred in 1971, when the constitution ceased to recognize them as princes and their privy purses, '''titles''', and special privileges were abolished." (page 84). '''5.''' {{citation|last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|author-link=Ramchandra Guha|title=India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fvd-CaFdqYC&pg=PA441|access-date=6 November 2011|date=5 August 2008|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-095858-9|pages=441–}} Quote: "Her success at the polls emboldened Mrs. Gandhi to act decisively against the princes. Through 1971, the two sides tried and failed to find a settlement. The princes were willing to forgo their privy purses, but hoped at least to save their titles. But with her overwhelming majority in Parliament, the prime minister had no need to compromise. On 2 December she introduced a bill to amend the constitution and abolish all princely privileges. It was passed in the Lok Sabha by 381 votes to six, and in the Rajya Sabha by 167 votes to seven. In her own speech, the prime minister invited 'the princes to join the elite of the modern age, the elite which earns respect by its talent, energy and contribution to human progress, all of which can only be done when we work together as equals without regarding anybody as of special status.' " (page 441). '''6.''' {{cite book|last=Cheesman|first=David|title=Landlord power and rural indebtedness in colonial Sind, 1865-1901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtBi1MgVD0AC&pg=PA10|access-date=6 November 2011|year=1997|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0-7007-0470-5|pages=10–}} Quote: "The Indian princes survived the British Raj by only a few years. The Indian republic stripped them of their powers and then their '''titles'''." (page 10). '''7.''' {{citation|author=Merriam-Webster, Inc|title=Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&pg=PA520|access-date=6 November 2011|year=1997|publisher=Merriam-Webster|isbn=978-0-87779-546-9|pages=520–}} Quote: "'''Indian States''': "Various (formerly) semi-independent areas in India ruled by native princes .... Under British rule ... administered by residents assisted by political agents. Titles and remaining privileges of princes abolished by Indian government 1971." (page 520). '''8.''' {{citation|last=Ward|first=Philip|title=Northern India, Rajasthan, Agra, Delhi: a travel guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KubCD2jHjEsC&pg=PA91|access-date=6 November 2011|date=September 1989|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-0-88289-753-0|pages=91–}} Quote: "A monarchy is only as good as the reigning monarch: thus it is with the princely states. Once they seemed immutable, invincible. In 1971 they were "derecognized," their privileges, privy purses and '''titles''' all abolished at a stroke" (page 91)</ref>

Scindia's mother, Madhavi Raje Scindia (Kiran Rajya Lakshmi Devi), was great-granddaughter of the [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] and Maharaja of Kaski and Lamjung, [[Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana]], a patrilineal descendant of [[Ramakrishna Kunwar]] of Gorkha. He is married to [[Priyadarshini Raje Scindia]] (nee Gaekwad) of the [[Gaekwad]] family of [[Baroda]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} His grandmother, Vijayraje Scindia, was among the BJP's founder members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jyotiraditya-scindia-joins-bjp-a-day-after-quitting-congress-may-get-rajya-sabha-seat-central-minist-2193131|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia Joins BJP, Says Congress No Longer The Party It Was|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref> He has a son and a daughter.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==Political career==
===Early political career===
[[File:Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia taking charge as Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, in New Delhi on April 09, 2008.jpg|thumb|Scindia in 2008 as Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology.|left]]On 30 September 2001, the Guna constituency fell vacant due to the death of Scindia's father the sitting MP Madhavrao Scindia in an airplane crash in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Madhavrao Scindia Dies In Plane Crash |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/madhavrao-scindia-dies-in-plane-crash/213264 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=14 February 2019 |date=30 September 2001}}</ref> On 18 December, he formally joined the INC and pledged to uphold the "secular, liberal and social justice values" of his father.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prasad |first1=K.V. |title=Like father, like son |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/12/18/stories/2001121801521200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=14 February 2019 |date=18 December 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

On 24 February, Scindia won the [[by-election]] in Guna, defeating his nearest rival, Desh Raj Singh Yadav of the BJP, by a margin of approximately 450,000 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna by 4.5 lakh votes |url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2002/feb/24_bye_agen_rep_10.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=14 February 2019 |date=24 February 2002}}</ref> He was re-elected in May 2004,<ref>{{cite web |title=Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna by 4.5 lakh votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20040524-lok-sabha-polls-2004-power-families-in-parliament-790044-2004-05-24|publisher=India Today.com |access-date=17 September 2019 |date=24 May 2004}}</ref> and was introduced to the Union Council of Ministers in 2007 as Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology. He was then re-elected in 2009 for a third consecutive term and became Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jyotiraditya Scindia became Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.|url=https://www.business-standard.com/topic/jyotiraditya-scindia|publisher=business.standard.com |access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref>

Scindia was appointed Minister of State for Power in November 2012 in a cabinet reshuffle which drafted a number of younger politicians into the Indian cabinet, including two other scions of princely families, [[R. P. N. Singh]] and [[Jitendra Singh (INC politician)|Jitendra Singh]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Hartosh Singh Baal|title=The Princelings of India|publisher=International Herald Tribune|date=5 November 2012|url=http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/the-princelings-of-indias-congress-party}}</ref>

Scindia was among the richest ministers in the UPA government with assets nearly Rs. 25 crore ($5 million) including investments in Indian and foreign securities worth over {{INRConvert|16|c|0}} and jewellery worth over {{INRConvert|5.7|c|0}}.<ref name=scindia-assets1>{{cite web|title=Patel, Scindia among richest ministers in India|date=10 September 2010|publisher=Rediff Business|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/patel-scindia-among-richest-ministers-in-india/20100910.htm}}</ref> In 2010, he filed a legal claim to be the sole inheritor of the property belonging to his late father worth {{INRConvert|20000|c|0}}, however this was challenged in court by his aunts.<ref name=scindia-assets2>{{cite web|title=Scindia Feud: Castles in the heir|author=Ambreesh Mishra|date = 13 November 2010|publisher=India Today Magazine|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/scindia-feud-castle-in-the-heir/1/119732.html}}</ref>{{clarify|reason= so what happened? this is a decade ago|date=July 2020}}

Scindia was tasked by the [[Planning Commission (India)|Indian Planning Commission]] with preventing a repetition of the [[July 2012 India blackout]], the [[List of power outages|largest power outage in history]], which affected over 620 million people, about 9% of the world population,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/31/india-blackout-electricity-power-cuts|title=India blackouts leave 700 million without power|date=31 July 2012|author=Helen Pidd|access-date=31 July 2012|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India's Mass Power Failure Worst Ever in World History |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=770631 |work=Outlook |agency=Press Trust of India |date=1 August 2012 |access-date=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801052804/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=770631 |archive-date= 1 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Grid safety tops Montek Singh Ahluwalia's wish list for Jyotiraditya Scindia|author=Sanjay Datta|date=20 November 2012|url=http://m.economictimes.com/news/news-by-industry/energy/power/grid-safety-tops-montek-singh-ahluwalias-wish-list-for-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/17291823.cms}}</ref> In May 2013, Scindia claimed that checks and balances had been put in place to prevent any recurrence of grid collapse and that India would have the world's largest integrated grid by January 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's power grid set to be world's largest|author=Anupama Airy|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=13 May 2013|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/India-s-power-grid-set-to-be-world-s-largest/Article1-1059607.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618012255/http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/India-s-power-grid-set-to-be-world-s-largest/Article1-1059607.aspx|archive-date=18 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2014, Scindia was elected from Guna<ref>{{cite news|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna seat|publisher=Economic Times|date=16 May 2014|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/2014-lok-sabha-elections-results-jyotiraditya-scindia-wins-guna-seat/articleshow/35217932.cms}}</ref> but lost that seat to [[Krishna Pal Singh Yadav]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guna Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Krishna Pal Singh of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/guna-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154581.html |work=News18 |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=2019-09-14}}</ref>

===Bharatiya Janata Party===
Citing disgruntlement with the INC leadership, he quit the party on {{dts|10 March 2020}} to join the BJP. The party then released a statement claiming that he had been expelled for "anti-party activities". He later joined the BJP on 11 March 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stung by Scindia resignation congress claims it expelled guna royal for anti party activities|publisher= News18|date=10 March 2020|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/stung-by-scindias-resignation-congress-claims-it-expelled-guna-royal-for-anti-party-activities-2532049.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from congress|author=Deepak Upadhyay|publisher=Live Mint |date=10 March 2020|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/mp-political-crisis-jyotiraditya-scindia-meets-pm-narendra-modi-amit-shah-11583822170775.html}}</ref> Other MLAs loyal to him also resigned from the INC and their MLA posts in a [[2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis|political crisis]] that led to the resignation of [[Kamal Nath]] as [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]].

On 19 June 2020, Scindia was elected a BJP [[Rajya Sabha]] MP from Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia, Digvijaya Singh among 19 elected to Rajya Sabha|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 June 2020|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajya-sabha-elections-2020-results/article31871383.ece}}</ref>He became [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]] in [[Second Modi ministry]] when cabinet overhaul happened.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|title=Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers|website=India Today|access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref>

==Other roles==

Scindia is chairman of the regional [[Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association]] (MPCA) in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mpcaonline.com/details.php?bWVudT1tYW5hZ2luZ19jb21taXR0ZWVzLnBocA== |title=MPCA, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association, Indore | Cricket in Madhya Pradesh | Cricket | Indore | MPCA | CK Naidu | Holkar Cricket | Holkar Stadium |publisher=Mpcaonline.com |access-date=2013-07-18}}</ref> After the [[spot fixing]] scandal in the [[Indian Premier League]] exploded in the media and [[Sanjay Jagdale]], a member of the MPCA resigned from his job as secretary from the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]], Scindia spoke out against corruption in Indian cricket.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/scindia-calls-for-time-frame-to-complete-spot-fixing-enquiry_763971.html|title=Scindia calls for time-frame to complete spot-fixing enquiry|publisher=Z-News, India|date = 24 June 2013}}</ref>

[[File:The Scindia School.jpg|thumb|The Scindia School of which Jyotiraditya is President of the Board of Governors.]]

Scindia is President of the Board of Governors of [[Scindia School]], Gwalior, which was founded by his great-grandfather, [[Madho Rao Scindia]], in 1897.<ref>{{cite news |title=Public schools in India woo British Asian pupils|author=Amit Roy|date=1 January 2006|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4199939/Public-schools-in-India-woo-British-Asian-pupils.html|publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Scindia School: Fees and Funding|year=2013|url=http://www.scindia.edu/pros-students.php?CId=23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101142813/http://www.scindia.edu/pros-students.php?CId=23|archive-date=1 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

He is also a hereditary patron of [[Daly College]], Indore, which was established in 1882 to educate the children of the royalty, [[nobility]] and aristocracy of Central Indian princely states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dalycollege.org/patrons.html|title=Patrons|website=Daly college|access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>

Scindia is chairman of [[Madhav Institute of Technology and Science]] one of the most prominent Engineering College of Gwalior Chambal Region which was founded in 1957.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mitsgwalior.in/BOG.php|title=Chairman|website=MITS Gwalior|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>

==Ancestry==
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|6= 6. General Yuvraj Shamsher Jang Bahadur [[Rana dynasty|Rana of Nepal]]
|7= 7. Rani Indira Lakshmi Devi
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|11= 11. ''Thakurani'' Chuda Devashwari Devi (c. 1900–1919)
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|15= 15. Nirpa Kumari
|16= 16. [[Jayajirao Scindia|Jayajirao]], Maharaja of Gwalior (1843–1886)
|17= 17. Sakhyabai Raje, Maharani Regent of Gwalior (1862–1919)
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|25= 25. Padma Kumari, ''Jetha Bada Maharani of Kaski and Lamjung''
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{{s-hou|[[Scindia|Scindia Dynasty]]||1 January 1971}}
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| before = [[Jivaji Rao Scindia]]
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{{s-tul|title=[[Gwalior State|Maharaja of Gwalior]]|years=2001-|reason=[[Republic of India|Monarchy abolished in 1948]]}}
{{end}}

==See also==
*[[Jai Vilas Mahal]], the current residence of the [[Scindia family]].

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
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* [https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3958 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website]

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