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| name = Jankoji Rao Shinde<br />
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| reign = 1755 - 1761<br />
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| predecessor = [[Jayappaji Rao Scindia]]<br />
| successor = [[Kadarji Rao Scindia]]<br />
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| father = [[Jayappaji Rao Scindia]]<br />
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'''Jankoji Rao Shinde''' was the third Maharaja of [[Gwalior State]]. He became Maharaja of Gwalior after death of his father, <br />
[[Jayappaji Rao Scindia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html#Gwalior|title=Indian Princely States A-J|last=Cahoon|first=Ben|website=www.worldstatesmen.org|access-date=2018-04-01}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
He was younger son of Sardar [[Jayappaji Rao Scindia|Jayappaji Rao Shinde]], and acceded to the position on the death of his father on 25 July 1755. As he was only 10 years of age at that time, a regency was established, led by his uncle [[Dattaji Rao Scindia|Dattaji Rao Shinde]], Jayappa Rao's brother, until 10 January 1760.<br />
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===Third Battle of Panipat===<br />
He fought against the [[Afghans]] at the [[Third battle of Panipat]] on 14 January 1761. Jankoji with around 7,000 troops was positioned to the right of [[Shamsher Bahadur I (Krishna Rao)|Shamsher Bahadur]] and was opposed to [[Najib ad-Dawlah|Najib Khan Rohilla]]. When the news spread around that Vishwas Rao has been shot dead, Jankoji and his uncle Tukoji on seeing the thinning crowd at the Maratha centre rushed to help Sadashiv Rao Bhau. Jankoji fought the Afghans who had penetrated into Maratha centre but was taken prisoner by Barkhurdar Khan secretly. Kashiraj met Jankoji secretly in a tent of Barkhurdar Khan, he was wounded with a ball and with a spear in the arm. Kashiraj was told by Moti Lal, the Diwan of Barkhurdar Khan that Jankoji would be released if a ransom of seven lakhs would be paid. Unfortunately these dealings became known to Najib Khan who instigated Wazir Shah Wali to take this matter up to [[Ahmad Shah Abdali]]. Abdali then ordered his nasaqchis to search for Jankoji, Barkhurdar fearing harmful consequences ordered his men to murder Jankoji and bury him privately. Later on few imposters of Jankoji claimed themselves as the Shinde chief but their all claims were proven wrong by the Scindia survivors.<ref>Abhas Verma, "Third Battle of Panipat" , Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, {{ISBN|9788180903397}}</ref><br />
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==Succession ==<br />
After the death of Jankoji, the [[Scindia]] clan remained without any leader for two years. Finally in 1763 [[Kadarji Rao Scindia]] was appointed as new leader of clan.<br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
* In the 1994 [[Hindi]] TV series ''[[The Great Maratha]]'', Jankoji's character was portrayed by [[Deepraj Rana]].<br />
* In the 2019 [[Hindi]] film ''[[Panipat (film)|Panipat]]'', Jankoji's Character was played by [[Gashmeer Mahajani]].<br />
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