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4 days ago · The Central Library was initially a part of the personal library of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III and located at the Laxmi Vilas Palace. It was later shifted to its present location near Mandvi, the then Sarkar Wada, for public use.
3 days ago · Sri Aurobindo was principal of the Baroda College from 1893-1906 and was secretary to Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. He wrote the king’s speeches. Philosopher, poet, patriot, social and political thinker, he was born in Calcutta on 15th August 1872.
3 days ago · Born as the only daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III and Maharani Chimnabai II, Indira was raised in the splendor of the Lakshmi Vilas Palace in Baroda. Unlike many of her contemporaries, Indira was fortunate to be born to parents who held progressive views on education.
4 days ago · At this time, the Maharaja of Baroda, Sayajirao Gaekwad III, was travelling in England. Cotton secured for him a place in Baroda State Service and arranged for him to meet the prince. He left England for India, arriving there in February 1893.
4 days ago · Sprawling over 500 acres, Laxmi Vilas Palace serves as the private abode for the Gaekwad royal family, making it the largest private residence in the world as of now. The palace was built by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III in 1890, who ruled the Baroda State.
3 days ago · Jotirao Phule, Social reformer B. R. Ambedkar, a polymath and Social reformer Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the Maratha Maharaja of Baroda. The British rule of more than a century in the present-day Maharashtra region saw huge changes for the Marathi people in every aspect of their lives.
4 days ago · ગાયકવાડી શાસનમાં વૃક્ષ કાપનારને 50 રૂપિયા દંડ થતો, વૃક્ષ ઉછેરનારને 5 રૂપિયા ઈનામ મળતું | fine for tree cutting during sayajirao gaekwad rule in vadodara.
