Located on the premises of the SSG Hospital was a bungalow, built in the 1880s for the resident doctor of the Hospital. The bungalow was the classic example of British Colonial architecture and located right behind the Memorial of Yuvaraj Fatehsinhrao Gaekwad. Back in the day, it was surrounded by huge trees and even had a small garden of its…
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Located in the Narayan Peth area of Pune, the Kesari Wada was the residence commissioned Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda. It was known as the Gaekwad Wada earlier, before becoming the center of activities for Lokmanya Tilak, the freedom fighter. The Britishers had always suspected the Maharaja of supporting the freedom movement secretly. The Maharaja did actually help the…
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…