The 1941 stamp featuring Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar II is part of the Indore/Holkar series. This stamp, with a denomination of one anna, showcases the ruler’s profile. The perforation is 11, and it belongs to the later period of Maharaja Yeshwant Rao II’s reign.
Indore State, also known as Holkar State, was a kingdom in India. Its rulers belonged to the Maratha Holkar dynasty.
After 1857, Indore became a 19-gun salute princely state under the British Raj. The state was located in the present-day Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, with its capital at the city of Indore.
The history of Indore State dates back to the 18th century when it was granted to Malhar Rao Holkar, the founding ruler of the Holkar dynasty, by Bajirao Peshwa-I in 1732. Although the capital was later moved to Maheshwar, Indore remained an important commercial and military center.
After the defeat of the Holkar rulers in the Third Anglo-Maratha War, an agreement was signed with the British, and Indore State became a British protectorate. The capital was shifted from Maheshwar to Indore in 1818, and the Indore Residency, a political residency with a British resident, was established in the city.
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