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Maharaja

Costume Conservation – Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad 2

This elaborately embroidered uniform was made for Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad II of Baroda. Sarah Glenn, textile conservator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, explains how she prepared the work for display in the Maharaja: The Splendor of India’s Royal Courts exhibition. This exhibition was on view at the Asian Art Museum from October 21, 2011 through April 8, 2012, and…

Maharaja Ranjitsinhrao Gaekwad

Ranjitsinhrao Gaekwad was the titular Maharaja of Baroda from 1988 to 2012. He succeeded his elder brother Fatehsinhrao II to the throne when the latter passed away without producing an heir. Ranjitsinhrao finished the education at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and had a post-graduate degree in fine arts. In 1959-60 he worked at the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts, London…

Maharaja Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad

Lieutenant-Colonel Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Shrimant Maharaja Fatehsinghrao Prataprao Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, Maharaja of Baroda (2 April 1930, Baroda – 1 February 1988, Bombay) was an Indian politician, cricketer, and titular Maharaja of Baroda belonging to the Gaekwad dynasty of the Marathas. Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad was born to Pratap Singh Gaekwad, the last ruling Maharaja of Baroda and his first wife,…

Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad 3

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…

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