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Maharani Chimnabai I (1864-7 de mayo de 1885) fue una reina y la primera esposa de Maharajá Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III del estado principesco de Baroda (ahora en Guyarat), India británica. Sayaji Rao construyó varios monumentos en su memoria después de su temprana muerte.
Maharani Chimnabai I (1864 – 7 May 1885) was a queen and the first wife of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of the princely state of Baroda (now in Gujarat), British India. Several memorials were built by Sayajirao following her early death.
chimnabai i (1864-1884) Born Laksmi Bai of Tanjore, she was the first wife of Maharaja Sayajirao III Gopalrao Gaekwad of Baroda, whom she married in 1880. He was an enlightened prince who after ascending the throne established the Baroda College as one of his first public acts.
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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 (1832–1877) and Ummabai.[citation needed] He belonged to a cadet branch of the Gaekwad dynasty, descended from a morganatic marriage of the first Raja of Baroda, and so...
With the throne of Baroda now vacant, Maharani Jamnabai called upon the heads of the various branches of the dynasty to come to Baroda and present themselves and their sons in order to decide upon a successor. Kashirao and his three sons, Anandrao (1857–1917), Gopalrao (1863–1939) and Sampatrao (1865–1934) walked to Baroda from Kavlana -a distance ...
Though a prince of a native state, he guarded his rights and status even as this brought him into dispute with the British government. Sayajirao was often in conflict with them on matters of principle and governance, having continuous and longstanding verbal and written disputes with the Residents as well as with the Viceroy and officials in the Go...
Railways and waterworks
During his reign a large narrow gauge railway Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway network, which was started in 1862 was expanded further with Dabhoiat its focal point, a network that still is Asia's largest narrow gauge railway network. Sayajirao envisioned a water supply scheme for Baroda in 1892 at Ajwathat would use gravity to supply drinking water to the people of Baroda. To this day a large portion of Vadodara City gets its drinking water from this source.
Parks and universities
The large public park originally called Kamati Baug and now called Sayaji Baug was his gift to the city of Vadodara. On the Diamond Jubilee of his accession to the throne, he set apart large funds out of his personal and state funds for setting up a University in Vadodara for the benefit of students from the rural areas of his state – a task that was ultimately completed by his grandson Sir Pratapsinghrao Gaekwad, who founded the Maharaja Sayajirao Universityand settled the trust as desired b...
He recognised talent from among his people. He supported education and training of persons who in his opinion would shine in life. Those persons whom he patronised included Dr. Babasaheb alias Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, later the head of the drafting committee of the Indian Constitution that came to force in 1950; Vitthal Ramji Shinde, the founder of ...
The Maharaja was a noted patron of the arts. During his reign, Baroda became a hub for artists and scholars. The celebrated painter, Raja Ravi Varma, was among those who spent substantial periods of time at his court.
Sayajirao commissioned and paid for research and its publication by James Hornellon Marine Biology, which to this day remains a key source of information.
Maharaja Sayajirao initially married Shrimant Lakshmibai Mohite of Tanjore (Chimnabai I) (1864–1884) on 6 January 1880, by whom he had a son and two daughters: 1. 1. Shrimant Maharajkumari Bajubai Gaekwad (1881–1883) 2. 2. Shrimant Maharajkumari Putlabai Gaekwad (1882–1885) 3. 3. Lieutenant-Colonel Shrimant Yuvaraja Fatehsinhrao Gaekwad, Yuvaraj Sa...
The Arjan Koli and Hari Koli were two Koli brothers from Dhari town. They saved the life of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda State from a lion during hunting in 1933. After that both brothers were respected in open court (Baroda state darbar) and their bronze statues were established in royal Sayaji Baugby Sayajirao Gaekwad. After a long an...
1863–1875: Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad1875–1876: His Highness Shrimant Maharaja Sayajirao III Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, Maharaja of Baroda1876–1887: His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Shrimant Maharaja Sayajirao III Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, Maharaja of Baroda1887–1919: His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Shrimant Maharaja Sir Sayajirao III Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, Maharaja of Baroda, GCSIMaharaja of Baroda : An Indian prince between anticolonial and imperial politics (The) | EHNE. Sir Sayaji Rao III, Maharaja of Baroda, by Vandyk Glass negative, 21 June 1911. Source : National Portrait Gallery, London. Chimnabai II, Maharani of Baroda; Sir Sayaji Rao III, Maharaja of Baroda, by Benjamin Stone Platinum print, 5 July 1905.
The year was 1870, when Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad II of Baroda, suddenly passed away, leaving behind no male heir, but a pregnant wife, and a power vacuum. It was anticipated that his younger brother, Malharrao Gaekwad would ascend to the throne. But this accession was stalled until, the now widow, Maharani Jamnabai Sahib gave birth to a girl ...
18 de jun. de 2020 · "In Maharanis Lucy Moore recreates the lives of four women: two grandmothers, a daughter and a granddaughter, all of them princesses of the royal courts of India." "Chimnabai, Maharani of Baroda, was a proud nationalist and one of the founders of the women's movement in India.
