Indore State

[1] After 1857, Indore became a 19-gun salute princely state within the Central India Agency of the Indian Empire under British protection.

In 1733, the Peshwa assumed full control of Malwa and appointed his commander Malhar Rao Holkar as the subahdar of the province.

His daughter-in-law Ahilyabai Holkar moved the state's capital to Maheshwar in 1767, but Indore remained an important commercial and military centre.

The Holkar dynasty was able to continue to rule Indore as a princely state mainly owing to the efforts of Dewan Tatya Jog.

In 1926, Maharaja Tukoji Rao III Holkar XIII abdicated after being implicated in a murder case involving a court dancer and her lover.

Yashwant Rao Holkar II, the last ruler of the state, signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1950.

The Rajawada (Old Palace) of Indore
The Sukhnivas Palace
The Maharaja of Indore on his state elephant
Yashwant Rao Holkar and Ranjit Singh in 1805
Sir Kashirao (Dada Saheb) Holkar, KCSI , KIH , Raja Of Indore.
Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar II
Tukojirao Holkar III , Maharaja of Indore
Maharani Shrimant Chandravati Bai Sahib Holkar, First Wife of Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar III of Indore
Yashwantrao Holkar II
Map of the territories of Indore State in 1946, some forming enclaves in neighbouring Gwalior and Bhopal states
HH Maharaja Sir Jayaji Rao Scindia of Gwalior State , General Sir Henry Daly (Founder of The Daly College ), with British officers and Maratha nobility ( Sardars , Jagirdars & Mankaris ) in Indore , Holkar State , c. 1879 .