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…
Vadodara-Baroda
Floods have been associated with Baroda city for centuries. In fact, this was the reason why the ancient settlement of “Ankotaka” moved to the safety of the higher grounds of “Vatapatraka,” the small settlements that were the roots of present-day Baroda. Ghoda Pur: While there have been many floods in the city, such as the one in 1878 with 77…
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…