Alampur Subedar Malharrao Holkar Chattri Trust

Major General His Highness Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar of Indore, as the Ruler of the Holkar State, entered into a covenant to unite and integrate the territories of the Holkar State with and into the United State of Madhya Bharat in terms of the covenant made on April 22, 1948. In pursuance thereof, it was agreed between him, the Government of India, and the United State of Madhya Bharat under an instrument dated May 7, 1949, that a new financial arrangement would be established. In lieu of the land revenue of the Alampur Mahal—which had been originally ceded to the Ruler of the Holkar State for the maintenance of the Chhatri of Shrimant Maharaja Malharrao Holkar, the Founder of the Holkar Dynasty, at Alampur—the United State of Madhya Bharat (since succeeded by the State of Madhya Pradesh) shall pay to the Ruler of the Holkar State an annual cash sum in perpetuity. This sum is equivalent to the annual income from the land revenue of the villages in the Alampur Mahal, effective from June 16, 1948. It was further agreed that the receipts of this annual income be held and kept separately under a permanent trust, constituted in the manner specified hereinafter, to be applied for the above-mentioned purpose.

The State of Madhya Pradesh has ascertained that the annual income from the land revenue of the villages in the Alampur Mahal on the said date was Rs. 69,417/9/- (Rupees sixty-nine thousand four hundred seventeen and annas nine only).

Major General His Highness Maharaja Yeshwantrao Holkar of Indore passed away on or about December 5, 1961, and was succeeded by Her Highness Maharani Usha Devi, who has been recognized by the President as the successor and Ruler of Indore.

The organization of the Trust will be as follows. The Settlor shall be the President of the Trust. The Settlor hereby agrees to accept the following persons as trustees: two persons to be nominated by the Settlor; two persons to be nominated from time to time by the State Government in consultation with the Settlor; and one person to be nominated from time to time by the Government of India in consultation with the Settlor.

The Settlor hereby transfers the trust property to the trustees, who shall hold the same upon Trust. They shall be responsible for the maintenance, upkeep, and preservation of the Chhatri and Tulsi Brindawan of Shrimant Malharrao Holkar, the Founder of the Holkar Dynasty, at Alampur, as well as the Chhatries at Indore, Kumbher, and Bhanpura, together with the compound wall of the Chhatries at the Krishnapura bridge. The Trustees, if they approve, may also include other Chhatries in the said trust.