What is royalty without some extravagance !!! This sentence perfectly seems to reflect the lifestyle of Maharaja Pratapsinhrao Gaekwad of Baroda. In an incident reflecting this extravagance, the Maharaja gifted his children a working scaled down model of the Flying Scotsman. Set up in 1941 on the grounds of the Lukshmi Vilas Palace, this train used to ferry the royal…
Vadodara-Baroda
Tucked away in a quiet corner of the city, is the mausoleum/Hazira of Qutb-ud-din Muhammad Khan, which is one of the few reminders of the Pre-Gaekwadi era of Baroda. The mausoleum or the Hazira as it is locally known, contains the graves of Qutb-Ud-Din Muhammad Khan who was the tutor of Salim/Jehangir, the son & successor of Akbar. It also…
Found in the Art Collection of Sitadevi of Baroda, the Scene de Corrida was an ink drawing by the famed painter Pablo Picasso. While it is not known as to how Sita Devi came to possess the drawing, it is certain that it was in her possession for some time. This fact was proved to be true by the catalog…
Floods have been associated with the Baroda city for centuries. In fact, it was also the reason because why the ancient settlement of “Ankotaka” moved to the safety of higher grounds of “Vatapatraka”(the small settlements which were the roots of present day Baroda). Ghoda Pur : Although, there have been many floods in the city, like the one in 1878…
Sir Manubhai Nandshankar Mehta (મનુભાઇ મેહતા) (Kt, C.S.I., M.A., LL.B.) was the Dewan of Baroda state from 9 May 1916 to 1927. From 1927 to 1934 he was the Prime Minister (Dewans) of Bikanir (Bikaner state). He born on 22 July 1868. He has taken his education at Elphinstone College, Bombay. He has served as Professor of Logic and Philosophy…