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'''Jean Baptiste Filose''' was a military commander in the army of [[Daulat Rao Sindhia]], the [[Maratha]] ruler of [[Gwalior]]. In [[1811]] he captured the fortress of [[Chanderi]] on the eastern border of Sindhia's kingdom from the [[Bundela]] [[Rajput]] rulers. He led Sindhia's forces against [[British India|British]] during the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] ([[1817]]-[[1818]]), and captured the fortress of [[Garha Kota]] near [[Sagar]] in 1817.

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'''Jean Baptiste Filose''' was a military commander in the army of [[Daulat Rao Sindhia]], the [[Maratha]] ruler of [[Gwalior]]. In [[1811]] he captured the fortress of [[Chanderi]] on the eastern border of Sindhia's kingdom from the [[Bundela]] [[Rajput]] rulers. He led Sindhia's forces against [[British India|British]] during the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] ([[1817]]-[[1818]]1817–1818), and captured the fortress of [[Garha Kota]] near [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh|Sagar]] in 1817.

In 1841, Jean Baptiste Filose, Colonel and Sardar in the services of Maharaja Scindia, permitted a Catholic school to be established in his property at Jamuna Bagh, Agra. A few years later, he made a donation of one lakh rupees, then a fabulous amount, for the construction of a new Catholic school for boys in Agra. The foundation stone was laid in 1846 by Major O'Gorman of the East India Company. This school was named St. Peter's College and continues today in Agra.<ref>St. Peter's College, Agra Sesquicentenary 1846–1996, publisher, place and date are not given, p27</ref>

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