text: " Dowlut Rao died at Gwalior March 21 1827 leaving no male issue; and with him expired the direct line of Ranajee Sindiah: but he had previously empowered his widow the Baiza Baee (a daughter of the notorious Ghatka ) in conformity with a practice sanctioned by the Hindoo law to adopt a son and successor for him after his decease from the other branches of the Sindiah family