220 THE MAHAEAJAH OF GWALIOR. 



of the Maharajah of Gwalior, and the Rajahs of 

 Cherharee and Rewah and two other chiefs. 



The Governor- General, it is stated, held a 

 Durbar at Agra, which was attended by His 

 Highness Sindiah, the Maharajah of Gwalior, 

 who never swerved from his loyalty through 

 the whole of the insurrection, though his own 

 personal safety was endangered by his mutin- 

 ous troops. Had they indeed been as faithful 

 to their sovereio^n as he was true to the British 

 Government, our difficulties in central India 

 would have been greatly lessened, for the troops 

 of the Gwalior contingent were about the most 

 formidable of our foes in that quarter. As it 

 was, indeed, we derived most essential benefit 

 from the Maharajah's loyalty during the late 

 crisis, as His Highness' example was a tower 

 of strength to us, by encouraging the Rajahs 

 of Putteeala, Indore, Joudpore, Jeypore, and 

 others, to a like course, whereas if Sindiah had 

 turned, the probability is that most of the other 

 Hindoo princes would have joined against us. 

 Thus His Highness well deserves all the honours 

 and rewards that have been showered upon him. 

 '^ Lands to the annual value of £30,000 sterling 

 have been added to his territory ; he is allowed to 



