Scindia/Shinde (anglicized from
Shinde and also spelled as
Scindhia,
Sindhia,
Sindia) is a
Maratha clan from
Maharashtra. This clan included rulers of the
Gwalior State which was a part of the
Maratha Confederacy in the 18th and 19th centuries, collaborators of the colonial British government during the 19th and the 20th centuries until India became independent, as well as politicians in independent India.