Rao Nandlal Chaudhary

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RaoRaja Nandlal Chaudhary (or Nandlal Mandloi) born in a royal Brahmin family.Raja Nandlal mandloi was the founder and ruler of Indor city and chief of the Zamindars of Kampel, Indore.[1][2] he controlled the Indore and some of its surrounding area.[3] The place was then known as 'Indrapuri' (after the Lord Indreshwar Mahadev Temple) renamed as Indrapur. This city subsequently been called as 'Indur' during the Maratha period and latter as 'Indore' during the British era.

A painting of Rao Nandlal Mandloi 'Zamindar'

By 1720, the headquarters of the local pargana were transferred from Kampel to Indore, due to the increasing commercial activity in the city. On 18 May 1724, the Nizam accepted the rights of the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I to collect chauth (taxes) from the area. In 1733, Peshwa Baji Rao assumed the full control of Malwa and appointed his commander Malhar Rao Holkar as the Subhedar (Governor) of the province.[4] Nandlal Chaudhary help marathas on malwas campaighn against mughals

On 29 July 1732, Bajirao Peshwa-I granted Holkar State by merging 28 and one-half Parganas to Malhar Rao Holkar, the founding ruler of Holkar dynasty. His daughter-in-law Ahilyabai Holkar moved the state's capital to Maheshwar in 1767, but Indore remained an important commercial and military center.

References[]

  1. ^ Rajaram Vyankatesh Nadkarnia The rise and fall of the Maratha Empire[1]
  2. ^ Palsokar, R. D. Bajirao I: An Outstanding Cavalry General. New Delhi: Reliance Pub. House, 1995. p.126 [2]
  3. ^ Nadkarnia, Rajaram Vyankatesh (1966). "The Rise and Fall of the Maratha Empire".
  4. ^ Major General Sir John Malcolm, Memoirs of Malwa (1912)
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