Waghera rising took place from 18181 to 1820. The Waghera chiefs of Okha Mandal took up arms against the alien rule coupled with the exactions of the Gaekward of Baroda supported by the British government.
Mahadji Shinde was associated with controlling the Maratha empire in Gwalior and mainly the part of northern India. His father Ranoji Rao Scindia was the founder of the Scindia dynasty.