Khanderao Holkar

Khanderao Holkar
Shrimant Sardar
Born	1723
Died	1754 Kumher
Burial	Chhatri at Kumher near Deeg
Ahilyabai Holkar
Issue	Male Rao Holkar and a daughter
Father	Malhar Rao Holkar
Mother	Gautama Bai
Religion	Hindu
Occupation	Holkar Heir Apparent

Khanderao Holkar (1723-1754 CE), was the only son of Malhar Rao Holkar the founder of Holkar dynasty of Indore, born from Gautama Bai.

He was heir apparent to his father from 20th January 1734. Khanderao had 10 wives. Ahilyabai Holkar was his first wife, who ruled Indore (Hokar State) from 1767 to 1795 after his death. He had one son and a daughter.

In 1754, on behest of Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur's Mir Bakhshi Imad-ul-Mulk, Khanderao laid the seize of Kumher fort of Jat Maharaja Suraj Mal of Bharatpur State who had sided with Ahmad Shah's adversary Safdar Jang. Khanderao was inspecting his troops on an open palanquin in the battle of Kumher when was hit and killed by a cannonball from the Jat army. In Khanderao's honor, Jat Maharaja Suraj Mal built a chattri, in Hindu style of architecture, on his cremation spot at Kumher near Deeg. After his death in 1754, 9 of his 10 wives committed sati but his father Malhar Rao prevented his first wife Ahilya Bai from committing sati. Malhar Rao died in 1766, 12 years after the death of his son Khanderao. Malhar Rao's grandson and Khanderao's young son Male Rao Holkar became the ruler of Indore in 1766, under the regentship of Ahilyabai, but he too died within few months in 1767. Ahilyabai became the ruler of Indore after the death of her son with Khanderao.

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