Maharaja Pratapsinhrao Gaekwad, known for his love of sports such as Golf and Polo, also ventured into Thoroughbred Horse Racing. In 1945, he purchased a year-old horse for a record price of US $1,176,000. This horse was the brother of Epsom Derby winner Dante and was named Sayajirao. Sayajirao went on to achieve remarkable success, winning the Irish Derby and…
June 2019
The foundation of Vadodara’s aviation dreams was laid in the 1930s, during the reign of the forward-thinking Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. A passionate flying enthusiast, Maharaja Sayajirao’s vision for aviation was solidified in 1936 when he visited the Berlin Olympics. During this visit, he signed a significant Baroda-Berlin pact, enlisting the expertise of German scientists and engineers. In the same…