Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,formerly Baroda College,is a public university in the city of Vadodara,Gujarat,India. Originally established as a college in 1881,it became a university in 1949 after India's independence. It was later renamed after its benefactor Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III,the former ruler of Baroda State.
Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter and artist. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. Especially,he was notable for making affordable lithographs of his paintings available to the public,which greatly enhanced his reach and influence as a painter and public figure. His lithographs increased the involvement of common people with fine arts and defined artistic tastes among the common people. Furthermore,his religious depictions of Hindu deities and works from Indian epic poetry and Puranas have received profound acclaim. He was part of the royal family of erstwhile Parappanad,Malappuram district.
Gaekwads,a Hindu Maratha dynasty of the former Maratha Empire and its subsequent (erstwhile) princely state of Baroda in western India from the early 18th century until 1947. The ruling prince was known as the Maharaja Gaekwad of Baroda. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its capital,during the British Raj its relations with the British were managed by the Baroda Residency. It was one of the largest and wealthiest princely states existing alongside British India,with wealth coming from the lucrative cotton business as well as rice,wheat and sugar production.
The Lakshmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara,Gujarat,India,was constructed in 1890 by the Gaekwad family,a prominent Maratha family,who ruled the Baroda State. Major Charles Mant was credited to be the main architect of the palace.
Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum is a museum housed within the Maharaja's palace in Vadodara,India.
Sayajirao Gaekwad III was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 1875 to 1939,and is remembered for reforming much of his state during his rule. He belonged to the royal Gaekwad dynasty of the Marathas which ruled parts of present-day Gujarat.
The Baroda cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the city of Vadodara,Gujarat. The home ground of the team is the Moti Bagh Stadium on the palace grounds.
Kirti Stambh,lit. 'Tower of Fame/Triumph',is located in the city of Vadodara,Gujarat state,western India.
Kirti Mandir,,is the cenotaph of the Gaekwads,located in the city of Vadodara.
Makarpura Palace is a royal palace of Gaekwads of the Baroda State,in present-day Vadodara,Gujarat,India. It was built by Maharaja Khende Rao in 1870,in the Italian style. It was used as summer residence and hunting resort by the Royal Family. The palace is now used as a training school called No.17 Tetra School by the Indian Air Force.
Nazarbaug Palace or Nazar Bāgh Palace was the Gaekwad's royal palace in the city of Vadodara,Gujarat state,western India. The Nazar Bāgh Palace' was built in 1721. It had three storeys and is the oldest palace in Baroda. It was constructed by Malhār Rāo Gaekwad in the late 19th century. This palace was used on ceremonial occasions by the Gaekwads. Till recently,it housed the royal family heirlooms. It had solid gold and silver guns,each barrel weighing over 100 kg. The grounds also contain the Shïsh Mahal,a Palace of Glass.
Shrimant Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad,who belonged to the Gaekwad dynasty of the Marathas,was the ruling Maharaja of Baroda. He succeeded to the throne upon the death of his grandfather Sayajirao Gaekwad III in 1939. In 1947,British India was partitioned into two independent dominions,and Pratap Singh acceded his state to the Dominion of India. By 1949,Baroda had been merged into India.
Baroda Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Baroda region in the Gujarat state of India and the Baroda cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Ranjitsinhrao Gaekwad was an Indian politician.
William Goldring was a landscape architect,and naturalist. Goldring arrived in Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew (1875) where he was in charge of the Herbaceous Department at the world-famous botanical garden. He served as the Assistant Editor of The Garden (1879),and the Editor of Woods and Forests (1883-1886). He was also President of the Kew Guild,The Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew,London,England (1913). Goldring's work included many private houses,hospitals,asylums and public parks in England,Wales,India,and the United States of America. He is responsible for work on nearly 700 different garden landscape projects in England alone.
Baroda State was a princely state in present-day Gujarat,ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy from its formation in 1721 until its accession to the newly formed Dominion of India in 1949. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its capital,during the British Raj its relations with the British were managed by the Baroda Residency. The revenue of the state in 1901 was Rs. 13,661,000. Baroda formally acceded to the Dominion of India,on 1 May 1949,before which an interim government was formed in the state.
The Narmada Kothi is a palace in the Indian municipality of Barwaha.
Sangramsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad is an Indian former first-class cricketer and cricket coach. He is a member of the Gaekwad dynasty of Baroda and currently first in the line of succession to the unofficial title of Maharaja of Baroda.
Chamaraja Road,also known as Chamaraja Wodayar Road is a road in Vadodara,India. It runs east from Lakshmi Vilas Palace at one end to Bhagat Singh Chowk at the other. Known as Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Rajmarg or Rajmahal Road in the past,the road was renamed back to Chamaraja Road in 2017.
Maharani Chimnabai I was a queen and the first wife of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of the princely state of Baroda,British India. Several memorials were built by Sayajirao following her early death.
