Long before the Gaekwads of Baroda became famous, The Mughals established their base in Baroda, it was ruled by the Babi Nawabs as the Governer/Officers of the State under the Mughal Empire. The Nawab Family of Baroda are basically the distant decendents of the Holy Prophet.During 1500 AD, the descendants of Hazrat Imam Husain, the grandson of the Holy Prophet,…
Nawab
Very few people know that the Gaekwads captured Baroda from the Babi Nawabs, who at that time ruled Baroda as the officers of the Mughals. A treaty was signed between the two families, which retained the Nawabs as the owners of some land in and around the Baroda State. The present Pratapganj area used to come under these Nawabs and still…