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Gaekwar

(ˈɡaɪkwɑː) or

Gaikwar

n
(Historical Terms) history the title of the ruler of the former native state of Baroda in India
[C19: from Marathi Gaekvād, literally: Guardian of the Cows, from Sanskrit gauh cow + -vad guardian]
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A large-scale model of Al Zubarah, Qatar's first entry to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, explores life on the coast while the Pearl Carpet of Baroda, actually intended to be a cover of the tomb of the Prophet (PBUH) and commissioned by India's Maharaja of Baroda, Gaekwar Khande Rao, serves as centrepiece of the gallery dedicated to Qatar's pearling industry.
(57.) See Maharanee Seethadevi Gaekwar of Baroda v.
"This was keeping in line with Bose's well-known abstract idiom, this vivid, drivable installation evokes the myriad colours and emotions of India," said Shivajirao Gaekwar of Saffronart, in the report.
While still married, she fell in love with Maharaja Pratap Singh Gaekwar of Baroda at the 1943 Madras Horse Show.
DAVE, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,SAYING:"In Gaekwar police station, there were two mobs-they started with stone pelting and then there was a bomb blast...They used cloths (soaked in petrol), moreover they used crackers and bombs (hurled) from terraces.
Believed to have originally been created as a gift for the tomb of the Prophet Mohammed in Medina, the carpet was commissioned in 1865 by Gaekwar Khande Rao, the then Maharaja of Baroda.
"Named after its patron, it was commissioned circa 1865 by Gaekwar Khande Rao, the Maharaja of Baroda; reputedly originally intended as a gift for the tomb of (Prophet) Mohammed at Medina," it said.
The carpet is traditionally believed to have been created as a gift for the tomb of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) in Medina and was commissioned by "Gaekwar" Kande Rao, the Maharaja of Baroda.
Second-favourite at 13-2 was the Gaekwar of Baroda's Sayajirao - third in the Guineas, winner of the Lingfield Derby Trial and a brother to 1945 Derby winner Dante.
It was sent by Indian maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda to his love in 1891.
The Gaekwar of Baroda had William Goldring design an Italian garden at Makurpuri.
Originally to be gifted to the tomb of the prophet Mohammed in Medina, the Baroda rug never made it to its intended destination as "Gaekwar" Kande Rao, the Maharaja of Baroda, died before the rug could be delivered.