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| Gaekwad dynasty | |
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 Flag (1936–1949) | |
| Country | Baroda State |
| Place of origin | Maharashtra, India |
| 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) (IAST: Gāyakavāḍa), a Hindu Maratha dynasty of the former Maratha Confederacy and its subsequent (erstwhile) princely state of Baroda in western India from the early 18th century until 1947.[1][2] The ruling prince was known as the Maharaja Gaekwad of Baroda. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its capital, during the British Raj its relations with the British were managed by the Baroda Residency. It was one of the largest and wealthiest princely states existing alongside British India, with wealth coming from the lucrative cotton business as well as rice, wheat and sugar production.[3]
- ^ Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian Princes and their States. The New Cambridge History of India. Cambridge University Press. p. 35&36. ISBN 9781139449083.
- ^ Streefkerk, Hein (1985). Industrial Transition in Rural India: Artisans, Traders, and Tribals in South Gujarat. Popular Prakashan. p. 111. 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.