BARODA, STATE NEW NAME VADODARA

BARODA STATE NEW NAME VADODARA

Baroda State was a former Indian State. Vadodara's more recent history began when the Maratha general Pilaji Gaekwad conquered Songadh from the Mughals in 1726.[12] Before the Gaekwads captured Baroda, it was ruled by the Babi Nawabs, who were the officers of the Mughal rulers. Most notably, from 1705–1716, Sardar Senapati Khanderao Dabhade led the Maratha Empire forces in Baroda. Except for a short period, Baroda continued to be in the reign of the Gaekwads from 1734 to 1948.

Initially detailed to collect revenue on behalf of the Peshwa in Gujarat, Pilaji Gaekwad remained there to carve out a kingdom for himself. Damajirao, who was son and successor of Pilaji Gaekwad, defeated the Mughal armies and conquered Baroda in 1734.[12] His successors consolidated their power over large tracts of Gujarat, becoming easily the most powerful rulers in the region.

After the Maratha defeat in the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761,[12]

control of the empire by the Peshwas weakened as it became a loose confederacy, and the Gaekwad Maharajas ruled the kingdom until it acceded to Independent Republic of India in 1949. In 1802,[12] the British intervened to defend a Maharaja that had recently inherited the throne from rival claimants, and Vadodara concluded a subsidiary alliance with the British that recognised the Kingdom as a Princely state






Kirti Mandir, the cenotaph of the Gaekwads in Baroda.
See also: Gaekwad dynasty
Pilaji Rao Gaekwad (1721–1732)
Damaji Rao Gaekwad (1732–1768)
Sayaji Rao Gaekwad I (1768–1778)
Fatehsinh Rao Gaekwad I (1778–1789)
Manaji Rao Gaekwad (1789–1793)
Govind Rao Gaekwad (1793–1800)
Anand Rao Gaekwad (1800–1818)
Sayaji Rao II Gaekwad (1818–1847)
Ganpat Rao Gaekwad (1847–1856)
Khande Rao Gaekwad (1856–1870)
Malhar Rao Gaekwad (1870–1875)
Sayajirao Gaekwad III (1875–1939)
Pratap Singh Gaekwad (1939–1951)

Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad II (1951–1988)