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Ganpat Rao Gaekwad

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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Ganpat Rao Gaekwad
| title = Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur
| image = File:Ganpatrao Gaikwad (cropped out excess border).jpg
| caption =
| succession = 9th [[Maharaja of Baroda]]
| reign = 1847 - 1856
| coronation =
| predecessor = [[Sayaji Rao Gaekwad II]]
| successor = [[Khanderao II Gaekwad]]
| spouse =
| issue =
| royal house = [[Gaekwad dynasty|Gaekwad]]
| father = [[Sayaji Rao Gaekwad II]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| birth_date = 1816
| death_date = {{death date and age|1856|1816}}
| death_place =
}}

'''Ganpat Rao Gaekwad''' was the ninth Maharaja of [[Baroda State]] reigning from 1847 to 1856. He was the eldest son of Sayaji Rao Gaekwad II and became [[Maharaja]] of Baroda after the death of his father.<ref name="playne">{{cite book |last1=Bond |first1=J. W. |last2=Wright |first2=Arnold |last3=Playne |first3=Somerset |last4=Solomon |first4=R. V. |author2-link=Arnold Wright |author3-link=Somerset Playne |title=Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey |date=1922 |publisher=Asian Educational Services (Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co.) |location=London |isbn=9788120619654 |oclc=836381195 |pages=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC&pg=PA9 |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=en |chapter=The State of Baroda}}</ref>

He died in 1856 and after his death, he was succeeded by his second younger brother Khanderao II Gaekwad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html#Baroda|title=Indian Princely States A-J|last=Cahoon|first=Ben|website=www.worldstatesmen.org|access-date=2018-04-01}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Gaekwad dynasty]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.gaekwadsofbaroda.com/ Official Website of the Gaekwads of Baroda]

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Malhar Rao Gaekwad

2021-10-12T16:21:42Z

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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Malhar Rao Gaekwad
| title = [[Baroda State|Maharaja of Baroda]]
| image = Malhar Rao Gaekwad.jpg
| caption = Malhar Rao Gaekwad
| succession = 11th [[Maharaja of Baroda]]
| reign = 1870 - 1875
| coronation =
| predecessor = [[Khanderao II Gaekwad]]
| successor = [[Sayajirao Gaekwad III]] [[Gaekwad dynasty |Madhav Rao Thanjavurkar]] (''[[de facto]]'')
| spouse =
| issue =
| royal house = [[Gaekwad dynasty|Gaekwad]]
| father = [[Sayaji Rao Gaekwad II]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| birth_date = 1831
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1882|1831}}
| death_place =
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'''Malhar Rao Gaekwad''' was the eleventh Maharaja of [[Baroda State]] reigning from 1870 to 1875. He was the sixth son of Sayaji Rao Gaekwad II and became [[Maharaja]] of Baroda after the death of his elder brother, Malhar Rao -I Gaekwad.<ref name=wsmbaroda>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html#Baroda|title=Indian Princely States A-J|last=Cahoon|first=Ben|website=www.worldstatesmen.org|access-date=2018-04-01}}</ref>

==Reign==
Malhar Rao spent money liberally on prostitutes, nearly emptying the Baroda coffers (he commissioned a pair of solid gold cannon and a carpet of pearls, among other expenses) and soon reports reached the Resident of Malhar Rao's gross tyranny and cruelty. Malharrao further attempted to cover up his deeds by poisoning the British Resident at Baroda, [[Robert Phayre (British Army officer)|Robert Phayre]], brother of [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] [[Arthur Purves Phayre]] with a compound of [[arsenic]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93958755 |title=Trial of the Guicowar of Baroda.. |newspaper=[[South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail]] |volume=XVII |issue=869 |location=South Australia |date=10 April 1875 |accessdate=15 December 2018 |page=3 (Supplement to the South Australian Chronicle and Mail) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> By order of the [[Secretary of State for India]], [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Salisbury]], Malharrao was deposed on 10 April 1875 and exiled to [[Madras]], where he died in obscurity in 1882.<ref name=wsmbaroda /><ref>{{Citation | author1=Mulhar Rao Gaekwar Maharaja of Baroda, defendant | title=The trial and deposition of Mulhar Rao Gaekwar of Baroda | date=1875 | publisher=Compiled and printed at the Bombay Gazette Steam Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/27756007 | accessdate=15 December 2018 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170108043720/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/baroda.html#2 BARODA]
*[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/historicalcases/cases/Trial_Of_Malharrao_Gaikwad_-_1875.html Trial of Malharrao 1875]

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Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I

2021-10-12T16:13:38Z

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[[File:Ghazi ud Din Khan Feroze Jung I.jpg|thumb|Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I, [[Hyderabad]], 1690]]
'''Mir Shahâb ud-Din Siddiqi '''titled''' Farzand-i-Arjumand, Nawab Ghazi ud-din Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi Bahadur, Feroze Jung I, Sipah Salar''' (c. 1649–1710) was the son of [[Kilich Khan]] Khwaja Abid Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi the ''Sadr us Sudur'' of [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] and was raised to the rank of an ''Amir'' with the initial titles of Ghazi ud-Din Bahadur Khan and later ''Feroze Jung'' after his father's death. He was commander and chief at the Siege of [[Golkonda]] Fort in 1686 when Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] personally conquered [[Deccan Sultanates|Golkonda Sultanate]] taking the last Sultan [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah]] prisoner.
[[File:Sitaram1814b.jpg|thumb|The tomb and surrounding marble enclosure of Ghazi al-Din Khan, Sita Ram 1814]]

== Early life ==
Mir Shahab ud-Din hailed from [[Bukhara]]. He arrived in India around the year 1674.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Asher|first=Catherine B.|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/chol9780521267281|title=Architecture of Mughal India|date=1992-09-24|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26728-1|pages=274}}</ref>

[[File:Tomb of Ghaziuddin Khan.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Ghaziuddin Khan]]
==Career==
He was made ''[[Subahdar]]'' (governor) of [[Gujarat]] ''[[Subah (province)|Subah]]'' (province) during the reign of the Mughal Emperor [[Bahadur Shah I]]. He died in [[Ahmedabad]] in 1710 and was taken to [[Delhi]] where he was buried in the yard of the college built by him in front of the [[Ajmer]]i Gate.<ref>''[[An Oriental Biographical Dictionary|An oriental biographical dictionary: founded on materials collected by the late Thomas William Beale]]''; by Thomas William Beale, [[Henry George Keene (1826–1915)|Henry George Keene]], 2nd edition, published by W. H. Allen, 1894, Original from the University of California</ref> His son was the famous [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi, Asaf Jah I]] the first [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].

Men in his command included his son [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Qamar-ud-din Khan]] and others such as: Hamid Khan and Rahim-ud-din Khan.

==Personal life==
He was married first at Delhi with Wazirunisa Begum daughter of Nawab [[Saadullah Khan (Mughal Empire)|Saadullah Khan Bahadur]] wazir to Emperor Shahjahan. Having had issue a son, [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I]] and a daughter who married to Sahibzada Hamidullah Khan son of Imad Ul Mulk Nawab Khwaja Mohammed Mubariz Khan Bahadur sometime Subadar of Deccan.

[[File:Mosque of Ghaziuddin Khan.jpg|thumb|Mosque of Ghaziuddin Khan]]

==Philanthropy==
[[File:The courtyard of Ghazi al-Din Khan's Madrassah at Delhi 1814-15.jpg|thumb|The courtyard of Ghazi al-Din Khan's Madrassah at Delhi, 1814-15]]
In 1690s, through religious endowment he founded a [[madarsa]], ''Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan'' after him. It became the historic and influential [[Zakir Husain College|Delhi College]] which eventually paved way for the present [[Zakir Hussain College]] ([[University of Delhi]]), which in 1986, shifted to a new building outside Turkman Gate, the old structure in the Madrasa Ghaziuddin complex, still houses a hostel for the college and also has his Ghaziuddin's mausoleum.<ref>[[#Fa|Fanshawe, p. 64]]</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book |title=Delhi, past and present|author=H.C. Fanshawe|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year= 1998|isbn=81-206-1318-X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJ4HFt5S8CcC&q=Paharganj&pg=PA69|ref=Fa}}

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Pilaji Rao Gaekwad

2021-10-12T15:45:02Z

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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Pilaji Rao Gaekwad
| title = '''Sena Khas Khel'''
| image = File:Pilajirao Gaikwad.jpg
| caption =
| succession = 1st [[Baroda state|Maharaja of Baroda]]
| reign = 1721 - 1732
| coronation =
| predecessor = ''Office Established''
| successor = [[Damaji Rao Gaekwad]]
| spouse =
| issue = [[Damaji Rao Gaekwad|Damaji Rao II]]
| royal house = [[Gaekwad dynasty|Gaekwad]]
| father = Jhingoji Rao Gaekwad (parental) Damaji I Gaekwad (adopted) 
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| death_date = 1732
| death_place = [[Dakor]], [[Gujarat]]
}}

'''Pilajirao Gaekwad''' (died 14 May 1732) was a [[Maratha empire|Maratha]] general. He is considered to be the founder of the [[Gaekwad dynasty]] of the [[Maratha Empire]], who became [[Baroda state|Maharaja of Baroda]].<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Imperial Gazetteer of India|Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7]]|chapter-url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_038.gif|year=1908|publisher=Oxford, Clarendon Press|page=31|chapter=Baroda State: History}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Pilaji was the eldest son of Jhingojirao Kerojirao Gaekwad. He was adopted by his uncle Damaji I Gaekwad (died 1721), who had been given the hereditary title of ''Shamsher Bahadur'' by [[Chhattrapati Shahu]] for bravery in a battle.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150766 |title=The Golden Book of India |author=[[Roper Lethbridge]] |publisher=Macmillan |year=1893 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150766/page/n80 57] }}</ref><ref name="playne">{{cite book |last1=Bond |first1=J. W. |last2=Wright |first2=Arnold |last3=Playne |first3=Somerset |last4=Solomon |first4=R. V. |author2-link=Arnold Wright |author3-link=Somerset Playne |title=Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey |date=1922 |publisher=Asian Educational Services (Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co.) |location=London |isbn=9788120619654 |oclc=836381195 |pages=9,10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC&pg=PA9 |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=en |chapter=The State of Baroda}}</ref>

== In Dabhade service ==

The Gaekwads were originally lieutenants of the [[Dabhade]] family, the Maratha chiefs of Gujarat and holders of the ''[[senapati]]'' (commander-in-chief) title. Pilaji was a ''mutalik'' (deputy) of [[Trimbak Rao Dabhade]]. When Trimbak Rao was killed for rebelling against the Maratha [[Peshwa]] in 1731, his minor son Yashwant Rao Dabhade was appointed as the ''senapati''. The Peshwa allowed the Dabhades to retain their territories in Gujarat, on the condition that they would remit half of their revenues to the Maratha Chhatrapati's treasury. Pilaji continued to serve Yashwant Rao, and was granted the title ''Sena Khas Khel'' by the Peshwa in addition to ''Shamsher Bahadur''.<ref name="BomGaz_1885">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7oMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA275 |title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume 19 - Satara |editor=[[James M. Campbell]] |publisher=Government Central Press |location=Bombay |year=1885 |pages=274–276 }}</ref> Since Yashwant Rao was a minor, Pilaji was responsible for collecting the revenues from Gujarat.

== Legacy ==

Pilaji was assassinated on 14 May 1732 in [[Dakor]] by emissaries of [[Abhai Singh of Marwar|Abhai Singh]], the Mughal governor of Gujarat.<ref name="BomGaz_1885"/> He was cremated in [[Savli]] village, which lies on the Baroda-Dakor road. He was succeeded by his son [[Damaji Rao Gaekwad]] (also known as Damaji II). Damaji fought against Peshwa [[Balaji Baji Rao]] when the Dabhades rebelled against the Peshwa. He was defeated and arrested, but later, the Peshwa appointed him as the Marath chief of Gujarat, replacing the Dabhades.<ref name="CAKDBP_1918">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofmaratha03kincuoft#page/2/mode/2up/search/umabai |title=A History of the Maratha People Volume 3 |authors=[[Charles Augustus Kincaid]] and [[Dattatray Balwant Parasnis]] |year=1918 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |pages=2–10 }}</ref> Pilaji's descendants thus ruled Gujarat in form of the [[Gaekwad dynasty]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/b/baroda.html Genealogy of princely states of Baroda] at ''[[Queensland University]]''{{dead link|date=May 2021}}

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