Dictionary of Indian Biography/Indore, Malhar Rao Holkar, Marahaja of
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INDORE, MALHAR RAO HOLKAR, MARAHAJA OF ( ? –1766)
The first and greatest Prince of the Holkar family : came to notice first as an officer in the service of the Peshwa, Baji Rao, about 1724 : was an early Mahratta adventurer in Northern India, and obtained the Indore district in jagir about 1733 : was most active after Baji Rao's death in 1740, until his own death. May 19, 1766.