Gwalior State (Princely State)

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Was an Indian princely state located in the modern-day Indian State of Madhya Pradesh.

Establishment

January 1801: Gwalior was ruled by the House of Scindia, a Hindu Maratha dynasty and was entitled to a 21-gun salute when it became a princely state of the British Empire.

Chronology

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1. Partition of India

Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

June 1948: Accession of Gwalior State to India.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1818: Between 1817 and 1822 Basoda was occupied by Gwalior State.

January 1823: Basoda State, located in present-day Madhya Pradesh, became a British protectorate in 1822. In 1947, Nawab Masood Ali Khan, the last ruler of Basoda State, signed the accession to the Indian Union.