Come August and the city gears up for one of its most colourful events — the Lalbagh flower show. “My great grandfather arrived in India at the request of Sayajirao Gaekwad III who was the Maharaja of Baroda,” says Alyia Krumbiegel, great granddaughter of Gustav Krumbiegel, who is currently visiting Bengaluru. “He designed his way from North India to South …
Scindias and Gaekwads have a long history of collaboration for the furtherance of common goals of the Maratha Empire, both of them promoted “Swadeshi” companies and enterprises, Tatas especially had connections with both Scindias and Gaekwads. In the year 1911 in London, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III approached Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia and proposed that Scindia should marry his daughter, Indira. …
Few in contemporary India recognise the name Raja Sir Tanjore Madhava Rao. Between 1858 and 1883, Raja Sir Tanjore Madhava Rao had the unique distinction of serving successively as dewan to the maharajas of Travancore, Indore, and Baroda. In each instance, he was lauded for transforming moribund regimes into Model States Even fewer today are aware that Rao left behind …
They say you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. On the first of May, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal raised questions over Gujarat BJP state President C R Patil being born in Maharashtra. Rather, we will lay the foundation of a new Gujarat.” Perhaps, contesting new territories after Punjab would require Kejriwal a lesson in history where the …
