Knighthood
He was amongst the first non-British members of the Legislative Council of India appointed in 1861 vide the Indian Councils Act and an estate was conferred upon him.
In 1866, the title of K.C.S.I. was conferred on him. At the Imperial assemblage at Delhi, the title of " Raja" was bestowed on him. In 1884, Lord Dufferin made the title hereditary. Lord Dufferin, who took a peculiar interest in Gwalior, was particularly solicitous that Dinkar Rao should be held in due regard by the British Government, and recommended him personally to the good offices of the British officials everywhere, and to those of the Native States in which his property lay.
He died on January 9, 1896. No Indian statesmen of the 19th century gained a higher reputation, yet he only commenced the study of English at the age of forty, and was never able to converse fluently in it.
His orthodoxy resented social reforms, and he kept aloof from the Indian Congress.
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