Maharaja Pratapsinhrao Gaekwad (29 June 1908 – 19 July 1968) succeded to the throne in 1939 after the demise of his grandfather Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. He ruled for a period of ten years, from 1939 to 1949, until the assimilation of Baroda State into the Indian Union. After that, he held the role of titular Maharaja until 1951, when…
The sprawling cities that we see growing around us nowadays, are actually the results of a long process of evolution, evolution of culture, people, landscape and dynasties. The Baroda that we see today, the cultural capital of Gujarat, is just one example of these processes. Every place passes through the hands of many kings and dynasties, but every so often…
Pilaji Rao Gaekwad, who died on May 14, 1732, was a distinguished Maratha general and the founder of the Gaekwad Dynasty of Baroda. He succeeded his uncle, Damajirao Gaekwad I, who was second in command to the Senapati for the Peshwa. Appointed by the Peshwa, the effective ruler of the Maratha Empire, to collect revenues from Gujarat, Pilaji Rao established…