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3 unusual facts about Baroda State


Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway

During the Maharaja's reign, a large narrow-gauge railway network was set, which extended to Becharaji and many other places in Baroda State, with Dabhoi as its focal point.

Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway (GBSR) was a metre gauge railway line owned by the Princely State of Baroda, which was ruled by the Gaekwar dynasty.

Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar

In 1940, Maharaja Pratap Singh Gayakwad of the princely state of Baroda (which was then under British Raj) honored Pendharkar by naming him as Raj Kawi (राजकवि) --state poet.


Saurashtra State

The large Kathiawar peninsula consisted of some prominent Princely States of India like the Baroda State, Nawanagar State, Bhavnagar State, Wadhwan, Porbandar, Idar, Dhrangadhra State, Rajpipla, Cambay, Gondal, Morvi, Wankaner, Baria, Dharampur, Dhrol, Limbdi, Rajkot, Palitana, Sachin and many others.


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