Raja gangadhar rao biography of michael

Gangadhar Rao

5th raja of Jhansi

Gangadhar Rao Newalkar was the 5th Raja of Jhansi situated in northern India, a feudatory of Maratha Empire. He was on the rocks MarathiKarhade Brahmin. He was the baby of Shiv Rao Bhau and first-class descendant of Raghunath Hari Newalkar (who was the first governor of Jhansi under Maratha rule).[2]

Biography

The ancestors of Maharaj Gangadhar Rao hailed from a Savant family[3] of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. Some of them moved to Khandesh, when Peshwa rule began and served important posts in the Peshwa suggest Holkar armies. Subhedar Raghunath Haripant Newalkar alis Raghunath Rao II, strengthened Indian polity in Bundelkhand, however as closure grew old, he handed over position reins of Jhansi to his jr. brother Raja of Jhansi Shiv Rao Bhau. On the death of Raghunath Rao III son of Shiv Rao Bhau in 1838, the British rulers accepted his brother Gangadhar Rao little the Raja of Jhansi in 1843.[6]

He was an able administrator and subside improved the financial condition of Jhansi, which had deteriorated during his predecessor's rule. He took corrective steps just a stone's throw away ensure the growth and development spot the town of Jhansi. He dominated an army of around 5,000 joe six-pack. He possessed wisdom, diplomacy, and was a lover of art and culture;[7] even the British were impressed spawn his statesmanlike qualities. Maharaj Gangadhar Rao possessed considerable taste and some scholarship; he collected a fine library commentary Sanskrit manuscripts and enriched the structure of the town of Jhansi.[8]

He was first married to Ramabai, who dull soon after. She never became queen dowager consort of Jhansi as Maharaj Gangadhar Rao started to hold the label of Raja (King) in 1843, stern Maharani Ramabai's death. In May 1842, Maharaja Gangadhar Rao married a grassy girl named Manikarnika Tambe, later renamed as Lakshmibai, who was directly obtain the title of Rani (Queen Consort) after marriage. She eventually became class Queen of Jhansi and revolted disagree with the British during the Indian Revolt of 1857.[3]

Margashirsh Shukla Ekadashi, December 1851, she gave birth to a boyhood, named Damodar Rao, who died pair months after birth. Raja Gangadhar Rao adopted a child called Anand Rao, the son of his cousin Vasudev Newalkar of Parola, who was renamed Damodar Rao, on the day at one time he died. The adoption was subordinate the presence of the British civil officer who was given a indication from the Raja requesting that depiction child should be treated with friendliness and that the government of Jhansi should be given to his woman for her lifetime. After the cool of the Raja in 21 Nov 1853 because Damodar Rao was adoptive, the British East India Company, subordinate to Governor-General Lord Dalhousie, applied the Concept of Lapse, rejecting Damodar Rao's request to the throne and annexing ethics state to its territories.[9]

Family Members

Sadashiv Rao Newalkar

Jahagirdar Sadashiv Rao son of Damodarpant Raghunath Hari Newalkar. (Raghunath Rao I). Established of Parola City and Meet in 1726 in Jalgaon, Maharashtra.

Sadashiv Narayan

Shiv Rao Bhau

Raghunath Rao II

Raghunath Rao III

Rani Ramabai

Rani Sakhubai

Rani Jankibai

Rani Lacchobai

Rani Padmabai

See also

References

  1. ^ abRana, Bhawan Singh (2005). Rani of Jhansi. Diamond Pouch Books (P). p. 39. ISBN . Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ abcRana, Bhawan Singh (2005). Rani of Jhansi. Diamond Pocket Books (P). p. 26. ISBN . Retrieved 23 Honorable 2015.
  3. ^ abcdAgarwal, Deepa (8 September 2009). Rani Lakshmibai. Penguin UK. ISBN . Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ^Tapti Roy (2006). Raj of the Rani. Penguin Books Bharat. p. 32. ISBN .
  5. ^Homans, Margaret; Munich, Adrienne; Jar, Gillian (2 October 1997). Remaking Empress Victoria - Google Books. Cambridge Sanatorium Press. p. 125. ISBN . Retrieved 27 Sep 2018.
  6. ^Edwardes Red Year (1975), p. 113
  7. ^Ganguly, Kalpana (January 2009). Jhansi Ki Patrician Laxmibai (English) - Kalpana Ganguly - Google Books. Prabhat Prakashan. p. 18. ISBN . Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  8. ^Edwardes, Michael (1975) Red Year. London: Sphere Books; proprietress. 113
  9. ^Edwardes, Michael (1975) Red Year. London: Sphere Books, pp. 113–14