Maharajadhiraj Sir Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Tukojirao III Holkar XIII Bahadur GCIE[1] (26 November 1890 – 21 May 1978) was the Maharaja of Indore State in central India between 1903 and 1926.

In January 1925, one of Tukoji's mistresses, Mumtaz Begum —a courtesan— escaped from his harem after repressive conditions and the death of her daughter, which she blamed on palace nurses.

On January 12, a group of assassins attacked the couple at Malabar Hill - Bawla was killed via gunshot to the head, but Begum survived with a facial laceration due to intervention from local British officers.

[2][3] Under pressure from the British, who had otherwise threatened to pursue a public investigation, Tukoji abdicated in favour of his only son and heir Yashwantrao Holkar II on 26 February 1926, and left Indore entirely.

An embodiment of traditional values and culture, Chandravati was always sympathetic and supportive to her husband, and maintained a cordial relationship with him all her life.

After Tukoji's exile, which happened a year after the death of their daughter, Maharani Indira Bai occupied herself with pursuing these interests in earnest.

The two Maharanis resided in the same palace in Indore and enjoyed a genuinely cordial, even affectionate relationship, after Tukoji left for exile.