Tucked behind a quiet compound wall in a busy corner of the city stands the Raopura Shala Number Ek. Said to be built in the 1884/85 the building is a perfect example of the kind of architecture that was prevalent in the city at the time of its making. It is also said that this is the very place at…
School
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…
Opened in 1914, the Training School for Men (Purush Adhyapan Mandir) was the part of an initiative started by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. It used to provide technical education to the men of the city as well as that of the other territories of the State. It is located on the DEO Kacheri campus in the Karelibaug area of the…
Situated near the Khanderao Market the Govindrao Madyavarti School was commissioned by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III in 1890 in the memory of Maharaja Govindrao Gaekwad. This school also functioned as the ‘Gayan Shala’/Music College for some period of time. The old building was later demolished to give way to a new building in 1937, also commissioned by Sayajirao III. The school has…
Not many people know that Maharani Chimnabai II was just as big a visionary as her husband, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. Sayajirao III made many reforms in the education system of the State, but it was also Maharani Chimnabai II, who made efforts to put these reforms into action. The Maharani Chimnabai High School was the part of one such effort….
Situated on the higher ground, across the Sur-Sagar is the Faculty of Performing Arts, of The Maharaja Sayajirao University. Popularly known as the Music College, the building that it is housed in, was earlier the Anglo – Vernacular School. Formerly a school for primary education, the building later came to house the Music College from the year 1886. Anglo-Vernacular School :…
Situated opposite Pologround, is a huge precinct which one may identify as an old building, once the Royal Stable and Garage known as the “Bagikhana” (the place where horse carraiges/baggis are parked). Once, a symbol of prestige and glory, the precinct now serves as the Baroda High School, Bagikhana. The Stables : The building was commissioned by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad…