Ganpat Rao Gaekwad

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Ganpat Rao Gaekwad
Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur
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9th Maharaja of Baroda
Reign1847 - 19 November 1856
Predecessor Sayaji Rao Gaekwad II
Successor Khanderao II Gaekwad
Bornc. 1816
Died19 November 1856(1856-11-19) (aged 39–40)
House Gaekwad
Father Sayaji Rao Gaekwad II
Religion Hinduism

Ganpat Rao Gaekwad was the ninth Maharaja of Baroda State reigning from 1847 to 1856. He was the eldest son of Sayaji Rao Gaekwad II and became Maharaja of Baroda after the death of his father. [1]

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He died in 1856 and after his death, he was succeeded by his second younger brother Khanderao II Gaekwad. [2]

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  1. Bond, J. W.; Wright, Arnold; Playne, Somerset; Solomon, R. V. (1922). "The State of Baroda". Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. London: Asian Educational Services (Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co.). p. 14. ISBN   9788120619654. OCLC   836381195 . Retrieved 30 May 2021.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. Cahoon, Ben. "Indian Princely States A-J". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 1 April 2018.