Mankari Building/Bhavan was located near Makarpura Palace which once had beautiful fountains & also had a wooden bridge to it’s compound ! It is said that Captain Rajkumar Shri Kiritsinhji Gambhirsinhji Sahib were ADC and companion to the Maharaja Gaekwad of Baroda (1897) & Mankari of Baroda City. Mankari (Maankari) is a hereditary title used by Maratha nobles who held…
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When Sayajirao III was adopted by Maharani Jamnabai Saheb in 1875, many of his relatives came and settled in Baroda. One of these was Baburao Gaekwad, Maharaja Sayajirao III‘s real uncle. For settling down in Baroda a house was necessary, Baburao transformed this need into a grand mansion called the Vitthal Niwas. Built around the 1890s, this stately mansion is…
Located in Ahmedabad, the Gaekwadi Haveli is the symbol of the expansion policies of the Peshwas and the Gaekwads. Built during the late 1730s, it was used as “Baithak” of Gaekwad during the Maratha rule. Fall of Ahmedabad and rise of the Gaekwads : After capturing the Baroda State in 1734 from the Badi Nawabs, Damajirao Gaekwad went on to…
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…