During the reign of Gaekwads, Baroda State Anthem was sung as a respect to Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III for their vision for the beloved Sayaji Nagri. The anthem is as below: Isha Thevo Srimant Shri Sayaji Maharaj Nrupati Sukhi, Bhagyashali ya Nrupati che Rajya Amhasi Sukhkar ho, Nrupati Sada Sukhi Aaso The above mentioned State Anthem was used to sung…
This year all of us will celebrate our city’s 511th ‘birthday’ and applaud its heritage during National Heritage Week celebrated across India between November 18 and 24 every year with a series of interesting activities, informative exhibitions, heritage and Nature walks, Rickshaw tours, Home museums, illustrated talks, etc. We have been organizing this Festival since 2015. So there are some…
Vadodara’s Central Fire Station, famously known as Agni Shaman Kendra (Agni Shanti Kendra) is located near Sursagar lake. Arvind Rai Keshavlal Vaishnav was the first chief fire officer of the Fire Brigade of Vadodara. The building was inaugurated on 30th March 1953, by the then Prime Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Sutariya. Arvindrai Vaishnav was presented with President’s Medal on 26th January…
Situated between Platform No. 7 & Pandya Bridge is a huge red building, which once was a Shed, for the Royal Saloons of the then Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. This tall building was standing as a testament to the old ties of the princely State of Baroda and the Railways. The Building : The building was built around 1880’s was…
MSU (The Maharaja Sayajirao University)’s song (anthem) was composed by renowned Prof. Chandravadan Mehta and was approved by Smt. Hansa Mehta, who was the then Vice Chancellor of University . Traditionally written in the “Devanagiri” script the song is composed in the Gujarati language. अमे वड़ोदराना विध्यापीठना सपना सारवनारा अमे ज्योत जलावी सृष्टि नवली सहसा सर्जनहारा । अमे गगनकुसुम कर धरनारा अमे मगन…
In year 1890’s, when construction of Baroda College (now The Maharaja Sayajirao University) & its campus was being done, as many as 40 bungalows were also built around it. One of these bungalow is Malti Baug which is situated near Gulab Baug. These buildings were majorly built to be occupied by the academicians. This bungalow in particular, was once used…
Baroda House, as the name suggests was built for the Maharaja of Baroda, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. It was the residence of Sayajirao III in Delhi, located on Kasturba Gandhi Marg near Faridkot. The building was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and it is said that he designed it on a train from Bombay in 1921. The construction of the…
The present bridge over the Vishwamitri river, connecting the Sayajiganj area to the Kirti Mandir side, has roots that go even deeper that the Mughals era of Baroda. The first bridge to be built on the site was actually built by Muzafar II in the 16th century . This bridge was then improvised upon by the Mughals in sometime between the…
After the construction of Lukshmi Villas Palace, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III built many bungalows for state executives. One of the bungalow is Gulab Baug (Bagh), situated opposite of Sayaji Baug. This bungalow was made for Baroda State’s Main Civil Surgeon’s residence. After many years when the surgeons’s residence was shifted to the Dhanvantari Bungalow this was used as a residence…
Established on 1 November 1906, Shri Sayaji High School was the first high school to be established in the old city area. It was originally started in a house near Sadhana Talkies lane near Nyay Mandir as the ‘Grant in Aid High School’ by Shri Hirabhai Jethabhai Majumdar. Sometime after its start, the house was destroyed in a huge fire…