Anand Rao Gaekwad

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Anand Rao Gaekwad
Sena Khas Khel
Anandrao Gaikwad.jpg
7th Maharaja of Baroda
Reign1800 - 1819
Predecessor Govind Rao Gaekwad
Successor Sayaji Rao Gaekwad II
Died1819
House Gaekwad
Father Govind Rao Gaekwad
Religion Hinduism

Anand Rao Gaekwad was the seventh Maharaja of Baroda State reigning from 1800 to 1819 with the regents of Fateh Singh II and Sayaji Rao Gaekwad. He became Maharaja of Baroda after the death of Govind Rao Gaekwad. [1]

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Death

He died in 1819 and was succeeded by Sayaji Rao II Gaekwad as the new ruler of Baroda. [2]

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References

  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.
  2. Cahoon, Ben. "Indian Princely States A-J". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 31 March 2018.