Gendi Gate (Darwaja), serves as the Southern gateway to the old city of Baroda. It is one of the four entry gates to the walled city of Baroda, called Kila-e-Daulatabad and was built by Khalil Khan along with the now extinct fort wall. Rhinos (called Gendas in Gujarati) were kept near this gate, thus the name Gendi Gate, says the book ‘Vadodara Ek Adhyayan’ by archaeologist R. N. Mehta. Documents from Year 1804 and 1822 refer to Gendi gate as Baranpore nu darwajo (gate) because it led to Baranpura locality in the walled city.
Common with the other gateways, this also the Islamic/Ogee arched entry point. Unlike the other gates this gate has two storeys of rooms on the top with the topmost level covered with a double pitched hipped roof. It is said that this sloping roof was added during the Maratha period. Both these levels of rooms have windows as a means of a lookout on the neighboring areas.Along with the other 3 gates this gate was also restored recently.
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