Sayajirao gaekwad biography of alberta
Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda state towered over all the other rulers of princely states in British India.!
Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, born as Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad in , ascended the throne of Baroda in , at the tender age of 12, following the.
Sayajirao Gaekwad III
Maharaja of Baroda from –
Sayajirao Gaekwad III (born as Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad; 11 March – 6 February ) was the Maharaja of Baroda State from to , and is remembered for reforming much of his state during his rule.
He belonged to the royal Gaekwad dynasty of the Marathas which ruled parts of present-day Gujarat.
Early life
Sayajirao was born into a Maratha family in the village of Kavlana in Malegaon taluka of Nashik district, as Gopalrao Gaekwad, second son of Kashirao Bhikajirao (Dada Sahib) Gaekwad (–) and Ummabai.[2] He belonged to a cadet branch of the Gaekwad dynasty, descended from a morganatic marriage of the first Raja of Baroda, and so was not expected to succeed to the throne.[2]
Matters of succession
Following the death of Sir Khanderao Gaekwad, the popular Maharaja of Baroda, in , it was expected that his brother, Malharrao, would succeed him.
However, Malharrao had already proven himself to be of the vi