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Samarjitsinh Ranjitsinh Gaekwad (born 25 April 1967) is a cricket administrator and former first-class cricketer. Gaekwad is the titular king/ Maharaja of princely state of Baroda in India. He received the larger portion of the family's fortune in a 2013 settlement.
Radhika Raje Gaekwad [3] [4] (formerly known as the Queen of Baroda) [5] Raje married Maharaja Samarjitsinh Gaekwad. [6] [7] She has also been declared the most beautiful woman of the Indian Kingdom Dynasty by Forbes magazine besides being featured as the “Modern Maharani” [8] in the Millionaireasia magazine.
A print of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaikwad. The Gaekwad rule of Baroda began when the Maratha general Pilaji Rao Gaekwad conquered the city from the Mughal Empire in 1721. The Gaekwads were granted the city as a Jagir by Chhatrapati Shahu I, the Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy.
Sangramsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad (born 6 August 1941) is an Indian former first-class cricketer and cricket coach. He is a member of the Gaekwad dynasty of Baroda and currently first in the line of succession to the unofficial title [ note 1 ] of Maharaja of Baroda .
The Lakshmi Vilas Palace (Gujarati: લક્ષ્મી વિલાસ મહેલ) in Vadodara, Gujarat, India, was constructed in 1890 by the Gaekwad family, a prominent Maratha family, who ruled the Baroda State. Major Charles Mant was credited to be the main architect of the palace.
Born 8 May 1938 at Ootacamund, Ranjitsinhrao Gaekwad was the second son of Maharaja Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad (r. 1939–1951), and Maharani Shantadevi Gaekwad (d. 2002), daughter of Sardar Hausrkar Mansinhrao Subbarao of Hasur in Kolhapur. Her daughter, Mrunalini Devi Puar was the Chancellor of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. [2]
Samarjitsinh Gaekwad: 2012 Gaekwad: Great-grandson of last ruling Maharaja Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad: 1949 [53] Barwani: Manvendra Singh 2007 Sisodia: Son of last ruling Maharana Devi Singh 1948 [54] [55] Bastar: Kamal Chandra Bhanj Deo 1996 Bhanj: Grand nephew of last ruling Maharaja Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo [56] Benares: Anant Narayan Singh 25 ...
Shrimant Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad (29 June 1908 – 19 July 1968), who belonged to the Gaekwad dynasty of the Marathas, was the ruling Maharaja of Baroda. He succeeded to the throne upon the death of his grandfather Sayajirao Gaekwad III in 1939.