BARODA - MAKARPURA
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Mr. Raja
Address
SRD LOGISTICS PVT LTD. Susen - Vadsar Main Road, Opp: Bundy India Limited, Makarpura, Vadodara - 390010
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8866569892
Email Address
info@srdlogistics.com
City
BARODA - MAKARPURA
Economy of the location
Makarpura Palace is a royal palace of Gaekwads of the Baroda State, in present-day Vadodara, Gujarat, India. It was built by Maharaja Khende Rao in 1870, in the Italian style. It was used as summer residence and hunting resort by the Royal Family. The palace is now used as a training school called No.17 Tetra School by the Indian Air Force.
In 1866, a Maharaja of Baroda, Khande Rao, built an entire new palace finished in 1870. It is said that Malhar Rao Gaekwad, brother of Khanderao II Gaekwad, who ruled Baroda from 1856 to 1870, destroyed a portion of this palace.
It was extended and renovated by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, between 1883-1890 and designed by Robert Fellowes Chisholm (1840-1915) in the same Italian Renaissance style. The palace was used as a training school by the Indian Air Force for many years.