Raja Sir Dinkar Rao Rajwade KCSI (20 December 1819 – 9 January 1896) was an Indian court official, born in Devrukh,[1] Ratnagiri district of Bombay Presidency.

The events which led to the British victories of Maharajpur and Panniar in 1844 had filled the state with mutinous soldiery, ruined the finances and weakened authority.

With a strong hand the dewan suppressed disorder, abolished ruinous imports, executed public works, and by reduction of salaries, including his own, turned a deficit into a surplus.

Dinkar Rao left Gwalior in January 1859 and shifted to Allahabad, the capital of the North-Western Provinces.

In 1862, he was nominated by Lord Canning, along with Raja Sir Deo Narayan Singh of Benaras and Maharaja of Patiala to the legislative council.

No Indian statesmen of the 19th century gained a higher reputation, yet he only commenced the study of English at the age of forty and was never able to converse fluently in it.