Gaekwad
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The Gaekwad or Gaikwad (once rendered as Guicowar) (Gujarati: ગાયકવાડ ; Marathi: गायकवाड) was a Maratha dynasty that ruled the princely state of Baroda in western India from the mid-eighteenth century until 1947. The ruling prince was known as the Maharaja Gaekwad of Baroda, or more commonly as the Gaekwad.
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[edit] Early history
The Gaikwad's rule of Baroda began when the Maratha general Pilaji Rao Gaikwad conquered the city from the Mughal empire in 1721. The Gaikwad's were granted the city as a fief by the Peshwa, the de facto leader of the Maratha empire. After the Maratha confederacy was defeated by the Afghans at the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761, the Gaikwad's, along with several powerful Maratha clans, established themselves as virtually independent rulers of the further regions of the empire, while recognizing the nominal authority of the Peshwas and suzerainty of the Bhonsle Maharaja of Satara
[edit] British suzerainty
The Gaekwads, together with the other Maratha chieftains, fought the British in the First Anglo-Maratha War. In 1802, the British intervened to defend a Gaekwad Maharaja who had recently inherited the throne against rival claimants, and the Gaekwads concluded a treaty with the British that recognized their independence from the Maratha empire and guaranteed the Maharajas of Baroda local autonomy in return for recognizing British suzerainty.
Maharaja Sayyaji Rao III, who took the throne in 1875, did much to modernize Baroda, establishing compulsory primary education, a library system and the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He also encouraged the setting up of textile factories, which helped create Baroda's textile industry.
Upon India attaining its independence in 1947, the last ruling Maharaja of Baroda acceded to India. Baroda was eventually merged with Bombay State, which was later divided, based on linguistic principle, into the states of Gujarat and Maharastra in 1960.
Gaekwad, or Gayakwad, also survives as a fairly common Maratha surname, found mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Ferlogi Gaikwad was one of the great knight in the state of Marahta Empire. It has also been stated and said through people that the Jagirs to Gaikwads were given by Sambhaji Raje in regions like Taradgaon Tal: Phaltan and they eventually migrated to Bhimthadi ie Baramati Taluka now in Pune District. Some Gaikwad regions are also found in places of Marathwada also of Maharashtra.
Gaikwads were termed for their Foresight in Education where the greatest example would be of The Great Man of Honour in Intellect, Bharat Ratna Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar for offering a Scholarship for Education when all the Bhramins denied rudely to grant Ambedkar, the Scholarship.
[edit] Gaekwad Maharajas of Baroda
- Pilaji Rao Gaikwad (1721-1732)
- Damaji Rao Gaikwad (1732-1768)
- Govind Rao Gaikwad (1768-1771)
- Sayaji Rao I (1771-1789)
- Manaji Rao Gaikwad (1789-1793)
- Govind Rao Gaikwad (restored) (1793-1800)
- Anand Rao Gaikwad (1800-1818)
- Sayaji Rao II Gaikwad (1818-1847)
- Ganpat Rao Gaikwad (1847-1856)
- Khande Rao Gaikwad (1856-1870)
- Malhar Rao Gaikwad (1870-1875)
- Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaikwad III (1875-1939)
- Pratap Singh Gaikwad (1939-1951)
- Fatehsinghrao Gaikwad (1951 - 1988)
- Ajit Sinha Babasaheb Gaikwad (1962 - )
- ramoji rao Gaikwad
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