Holkar
Tukojirao Holkar III. Maharaja Holkar of Indore
The Holkar were an influential ruling dynasty in British India . They belong to the clans of the Maratha rulers in India.
Members of the Holkar family ruled Indore from the 18th century under British protectorate until shortly after India gained independence in 1947.
In the capital of the same name, Indore, there are palace buildings of the Maharajas of Indore. Maharajah Shri Yeshwant Rao Holkar II Bahadur, an advocate and lover of European modernism , had his palace built and furnished in 1933 by his friend and mentor, the German architect Eckart Muthesius .
literature
- Edward Balfour (Ed.): The Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific; Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures. B. Quaritch, London 1885, reprint: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1967-1968; BookLab, Austin, TX 1992; OCLC 25863498 , RareBooksClub.com 2012, ISBN 978-1-130-48924-8 .
- Stewart Gordon: The New Cambridge History of India. The Marathas 1600-1818. Cambridge University press, Cambridge MA, 1993, ISBN 0-521-26883-4 .
- Wilfried Westphal: ruler between the Indus and Ganges. Bertelsmann, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-570-01255-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Musée des Arts Décoratifs: MODERN MAHARAJAH, UN MÉCÈNE DES ANNÉES 1930 from 26 September 2019 to 12 January 2020. In: MAD. Retrieved September 25, 2019 .