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 GUNDERT, REV. HERMAN (1814–1893)

Born at Stuttgart, 1814 : worked in the Basel Evangelical Mission in Malabar and Canara, 1839–63 : at Tellicherry : Inspector of Government Schools in Malabar and Canara, 1860 : a learned scholar : wrote Malayalam grammar and other books, including a dictionary and Bible translations : retured, 1865 : Editorial Secretary and Principal of the Calver Verlagsverein : died 1893.

GUY, SIR PHILIP M. N. (1804–1878)

Son of Melmoth Guy : educated privately and at the Military College, Brussels : entered the Army, 1824 : was in the 5th regt. for 37 years, commanding it for 10 : in the mutiny, commanded the Dinapur district in 1857 : in several engagements : commanded an Infantry Brigade under Sir Hope Grant : and at the Alambagh during and after the second relief of Lucknow, and at its capture : C.B. : held commands at Colchester, China and Jersey : K.C.B., 1873 : General, 1877 : died March 10, 1878.

GWALIOR, DAULAT RAO SINDIA, MAHARAJA OF (1780–1827)

Succeeded his great uncle and adoptive father Madhava (Madhoji) Sindia (q.v.), in 1794 : he organized a formidable army under French officers, plundered Poona, seized Ahmadnagar : declined an alliance with the British against an Afghan invasion : was defeated at Poona in 1802 by Jaswant Rao Holkar. In 1803 he was allied with the Raja of Berar to defeat the objects of the Treaty of Bassein : they were routed by General Arthur Wellesley at Assaye on Sep. 23, 1803, and at Argaum on Nov. 28, 1803 : he was forced to sign the Treaty of Sirji Anjenguam, Dec. 30, 1803, and cede territory : Lord Lake also defeated his forces at Alighar on Aug. 29, 1803, at Delhi and Agra, and at Laswari on Nov. 1 : he submitted in 1805 : Lord Cornwallis in 1805 restored Gohadand Gwalior to him. Daulat Rao continued to give trouble by the support he gave to the Pindaris and their depredations, and was compelled by Lord Hastings to make another treaty in 1817 : as he failed in his engagements, the fort of Asirghar was taken from him : he died March 21, 1827.

GWALIOR, SIR JIAJI RAO SINDIA, MAHARAJA OF (1835–1886)

His real name was Bagirat Rao : was adopted by his predecessor's (Jankoji) widow, Tara Bai : grave distiirbances broke out regarding the regency : the Regent, Mama Sahib, the Maharaja's father-in-law, was driven out. Lord Ellenborough sent an army to Gwalior, to whom the usurper, Dada Khasgeewala, surrendered. The State Army was defeated at Maharajpur and Punniar on Dec. 29, 1843, and a treaty made at Gwalior in Jan. 1844, when Jiaji was placed on the throne. He paid great attention to military affairs and the improvement of his army. During the mutiny, the Maharaja remained loyal to the British, though the contingent force at Gwalior rebelled : from Tantia Topi and the Rani of Jhansi, he fled to Agra, but was re-established by Sir Hugh Rose at Gwalior : he was handsomely rewarded for his loyalty in the mutiny. Another treaty was made with him in 1864. The Fort at Gwalior was restored to him in 1885 and the British cantonment at Morar abandoned. He sat in 1875 as a member of the Court to try the then Gaekwar of Baroda for attempting to poison Colonel R. Phayre. He entertained H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in 1876. He was a G.C.S.I : and a General : died June 20, 1886.

GWALIOR, MADHAVA (MADHOJI) RAO SINDIA, MAHARAJA OF (1730–1794)

Son of Ranoji Sindia, who, originally a slipper bearer of the Peshwa, rose to be an of&cer of rank : Madhava was illegitimate, the fourth of his five sons. He and his brother Dattaji were present in the war of 1751 against the French and at the battle of Panipat, where the Peshwa was completely defeated by the Afghans under Shuja, 1760–1 : after this battle, which virtually overthrew the Mahratta design to conquer the whole of India, Madhava became ruler of Ujain, in succession to his father. In the following years, he was an ally of the Poona Regent Raghunath, or Raghoba, fighting against the Jats of Bhartpur and against the Rohillas, annexing the fort of Gwalior and generally consolidating his power. Intrigues at the Courts of the Peshwa and of the Emperor of Delhi