Situated directly across from the Record Tower Building, the Old Kothi (also known as Juni Kothi) stands as a testament to the administrative foresight of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. Commissioned in 1876, this significant building was designed by Major Charles Mant and originally served as a comprehensive administrative center, housing the secretariat, record office, military and police offices, as well…
June 2010
Heading from Raopura, there is a Big Red Building which sometimes put you in thought that What it is. Its the Kothi Building which is only Building in city built in Scottish Style. Earlier here Baroda State ran its secretariat. This building or so called monument to late Maharaja’s closeness with Britain’s Queen Victoria, was most important building in era…
Built in 1863, Dilaram Bungalow served as the residence of Diwan Manibhai Mehta. Currently housing the Ram-Krishna Mission Memorial, the bungalow was gifted to the Mission due to its past association with Swami Vivekananda. For a while, the bungalow was allocated to government officers and forest officers to stay. It was only in 2005 that the then Chief Minister Narendra…