Sayajirao gaekwad biography in marathi
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Yugdrashta Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad | युगद्रष्टा महाराजा सयाजीराव गायकवाड
Baba Bhand
• Born at Vadji, Tq. Paithan, Maharashtra, on July 28, 1949. Grew up believing in the idea of Earn & Learn.
• Education: Master's degree in English Literature. In the 8th grade, was honored with the President's Medal as a Boy Scout. In the 10th grade travelled 8-10 countries, including Canada and the USA, as a part of the International Scouts & Guides Meet.
• Always dreamt of being a writer and started writing in the 6th grade. In 1975, started a publishing house. Saket Prakashan has published 1,800 titles so far. • Has written nine novels, two collections of short stories, four travelogues, four essays, four biographies and four books on health and Yoga. He has also worked on five translations, edited 25 books, written 15 books for young readers, 25 collections of short stories for children, so far.
• Has received a Sahitya Akademi award for children's l
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Gaekwad dynasty
Hindu Maratha dynasty (1721–1947)
"Gaikwad" redirects here. For other uses, see Gaekwad.
Gaekwads (also spelled as Gaikwads, Guicowars, Gaekwars) (IAST: Gāyakavāḍa), a Hindu Maratha dynasty of the former Maratha Confederacy and its subsequent (erstwhile) princely state of Baroda in western India from the early 18th century until 1947.[1][2] The ruling prince was known as the Maharaja Gaekwad of Baroda. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its capital, during the British Raj its relations with the British were managed by the Baroda Residency. It was one of the largest and wealthiest princely states existing alongside British India, with wealth coming from the lucrative cotton business as well as rice, wheat and sugar production.[3]
Early history
[edit]The Gaekwad rule of Baroda began when the Maratha general Pilaji Rao Gaekwad conquered the city from the Mughal Empire in 1721. The Gaekwads were granted the city as
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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, fryst vatten just one example of these processes. Every place passes through the hands of many kings and dynasties, but every so often a leader fryst vatten born who leads his place along with it’s people towards prosperity, for Baroda it was Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III.
The Backdrop
The year was 1870, when Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad II of Baroda, suddenly passed away, leaving behind no male heir, but a pregnant wife, and a power vacuum. It was anticipated that his younger brother, Malharrao Gaekwad would ascend to the throne. But this accession was stalled until, the now widow, Maharani Jamnabai Sahib gave birth to a girl child, as Malharrao had already proven han själv unworthy of the throne. At the time of the death of Maharaja Khanderao