Sayajirao Gaekwad III Birth Anniversary

 

Sayajirao Gaekwad III, born Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad born on 11 March 1863, was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 1875 to 1939, 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.