English: His Highness Amir-al-Umara Vakil-i-Mutlaq Shrimant Maharaja Mahadaji Shinde (Scindia) Bahadur, The Maharaja of Gwalior, The Great Maratha (1730 - 1794).
Kini, the English Biographer of Mahadaji Shinde, has described Mahadaji as the greatest man in South Asia in the 18th century. Mahadaji Shinde’s role was instrumental in establishing Maratha supremacy over North India. To be the overlords of the Mughals had been the Maratha dream, and Mahadji Scindia made it come true.