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Name: baroda state

Type: Cluster

Start: 1722 AD

End: 1948 AD

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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Baroda State
  • Baroda State (Princely State)
  • Establishment


  • January 1722: The Baroda State was founded in 1721, when the Maratha general Pilaji Gaekwad conquered Songadh from the Mughals.
  • Chronology


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    1. Anglo-Indian Wars


    Were a series of wars fought by the British East India Company in the Indian Subcontinent that resulted in the British conquest and colonial rule of the region.

    1.1.Anglo-Maratha Wars

    Was a series of wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India.

    1.1.1.First Anglo-Maratha War

    Was the first of three Anglo-Maratha Wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India. .

  • February 1779: In 1779, British General Goddard led 6,000 troops to capture Ahmedabad's Bhadra Fort from the Marathas, marking a significant victory for the British East India Company in their expansion across India.
  • May 1782: The Treaty of Salbai was signed on 17 May 1782, by representatives of the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company after long negotiations to settle the outcome of the First Anglo-Maratha War. The borders were reverted to the status quo ante bellum and British forces left the occupied regions.

  • 2. Partition of India


    Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

  • October 1948: Accession of Mohanpur State to India.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1806: After the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805), the East India Company wrested control of much of Gujarat from the Marathas. However the Gaekwads of Baroda (Vadodara), made a separate peace with the British, entering into a subsidiary alliance which acknowledged British suzerainty and control of the state's external affairs in return for retaining internal autonomy.

  • January 1830: In 1829, Jambughoda State was occupied by Baroda State, under the rule of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. The territory remained under British protection until 1849.

  • January 1839: Between 1829 and 1838, the territory of Jambughoda State was occupied by Baroda State under the rule of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. In 1849, it became a British protectorate once again under the leadership of Governor-General Lord Dalhousie.

  • October 1943: Ambliara State was merged with Baroda State under the Attachment Scheme on 10 July 1943.

  • October 1943: Ranasan State was merged with Baroda State under the Attachment Scheme on 10 July 1943.

  • January 1944: Malpur State was merged with Baroda State under the Attachment Scheme in December 1943.

  • January 1944: Mohanpur was merged with Baroda State under the Attachment Scheme in December 1943.

  • Disestablishment


  • October 1948: Accession of Mohanpur State to India.
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