Gaekwad dynasty
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Gaekwad dynasty | |
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Country | Baroda State |
Founded | 1721 |
Founder | Pilaji Rao Gaekwad |
Current head | Samarjitsinh Gaekwad |
Final ruler | Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad (Baroda) Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad (Rajpramukh) |
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Deposition | 1949 |
Gaekwads (also spelled as Gaikwads, Guicowars, Gaekwars) (
Early history
The Gaekwad rule of
In their early years, the Gaekwads served as subordinates of the Dabhade family, who were the Maratha chiefs of Gujarat and holders of the senapati (commander-in-chief) title. When Umabai Dabhade joined Tarabai's side against Balaji Baji Rao, Pilaji's son Damaji Rao Gaekwad commanded the Dabhade force. He was defeated, and remained under Peshwa's arrest from May 1751 to March 1752. In 1752, he was released after agreeing to abandon the Dabhades and accept the Peshwa's suzerainty. In return, Damaji was made the Maratha chief of Gujarat, and the Peshwa helped him expel the Mughals from Gujarat.[4]
Damaji subsequently fought alongside
British suzerainty
The Gaekwads, together with several
On 15 March 1802, the British intervened to defend the Gaekwad Maharaja,
Upon
Gaekwad or Gayakwad also survives as a fairly common Maratha surname, found mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Gaikwad Maharajas of Baroda
- Nandaji Rao Gaikwad, died May 1721
- Kerojirao
- Jhingojirao
- Pilaji Rao Gaikwad, reigned from 1721, died 14 May 1732
- I. Damaji Rao, reigned from 1732, died 18 August 1768
- II. Sayaji Rao I, reigned 1768–1778, died 1792
- III. Fateh Singh Rao I, born before April 1751, reigned from 1778, died 26 December 1789
- IV. Manaji Rao, born before April 1751, reigned from 1789, died 27 July 1793
- V. Govind Rao, born 175?, reigned from 1793, died 19 September 1800
- VI. Anand Rao, born 179?, reigned from 1800, died 2 October 1819
- VI. Sayajirao II, born 3 May 1800, reigned from 1819, died 28 December 1847
- VII. Ganpat Rao, born 1816, reigned from 1847, died 1856
- VIII. Khanderao II GCSI, born 1828, reigned from 1856, died 14 June 1870
- IX. Malhar Rao, born 1831, reigned 1870 – 19 April 1875, died in obscurity in 1882
- Prataprao (d. 1737 Kavlana branch)
- Kalojirao
- Gabajirao
- Bhikajirao
- Kashirao (1832-1877)
- X. Sayajirao III GCSI, GCIE, born 10 March 1863, reigned from 1875, died 6 February 1939
- Yuvraja Fatehsinhrao (1883-1908)
- XI. Pratap Singh Rao GCIE, born 29 June 1908, reigned from 1939, titular Maharaja from 1949, deposed 1951, died 19 July 1968
- XII. Fatehsinhrao II, born 2 April 1930, titular Maharaja 1951–1971, family head: 1971–1988, died 1 September 1988
- XIII. Ranjitsinh, born 8 May 1938, family head from 1988, died 9 May 2012
- XIV. Samarjitsinh, born 25 April 1967, family head since 2012
- XI. Pratap Singh Rao GCIE, born 29 June 1908, reigned from 1939, titular Maharaja from 1949, deposed 1951, died 19 July 1968
- Yuvraja Fatehsinhrao (1883-1908)
- X. Sayajirao III GCSI, GCIE, born 10 March 1863, reigned from 1875, died 6 February 1939
- Kashirao (1832-1877)
- Bhikajirao
- Gabajirao
- Kalojirao
- I. Damaji Rao, reigned from 1732, died 18 August 1768
- Jhingojirao
- Kerojirao
Family tree
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See also
- List of Maratha dynasties and states
- Bhonsle
- Scindia
- Holkar
References
- ISBN 9781139449083.
- ISBN 9780861320677.
- ^ "India Has Rich State in Baroda". Hartford Courant. 16 August 1927. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Charles Augustus Kincaid; Dattatray Balwant Parasnis (1918). A History of the Maratha People Volume 3. Oxford University Press. pp. 2–10.
External links
- Official Website of the Gaekwads of Baroda Archived 23 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine