Malti Baug

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In year 1890’s, when construction of Baroda College (now The Maharaja Sayajirao University) & its campus was being done, as many as 40 bungalows were also built around it. One of these bungalow is Malti Baug which is situated near Gulab Baug. These buildings were majorly built to be occupied by the academicians. This bungalow in particular, was once used by Baroda State’s Main Education Officer’s as a residence.

The Building :

The building was named “Malti Baug” after the creepers of “Madhumalti”, (a fragrant flowering creeper) planted in front of the bungalow.

The bungalow is in tandem with the other bungalows built at time and follows Colonial style of architecture. It is double storeyed structure with 8 big rooms, 2 kitchens & 4 balconies, with the upper floor supported on timber joists. There are 4 entrances to the bungalow, keeping in mind the number of people it was going to receive. Different from the other buildings this bungalow has a rough plastered surface defined by edges in red exposed brick pattern. Apart from this, it displays many wooden elements such as, wooden posts supporting the sloping roof, wooden railings defining the balconies and the jalis that shade the ground floor veranda.

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The building is not in a very dilapidated state currently,  and can be brought to the former state with a few efforts. Currently, the M.S. University runs a few classes in the building.

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