Khanderao II Gaekwad
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About Khanderao II Gaekwad
Lived 1828 – 1870 (aged 41–42).
Shrimant Maharaja Sir Khanderao II Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, GCSI (1828–1870) was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 1856 to 1870.
Early life He was born in 1828.
Reign He was the third son of Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwad II. He succeeded to the throne on the death of his eldest brother and the king Ganpat Rao Gaekwad on 19 November 1856 and reigned till his death on 28 November 1870.
During his reign, the Baroda State started the narrow gauge railway, known as Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway. It was started in the year 1862.
Religious views Although a Hindu himself, the Maharaja supposedly had an admiration of Islam, and that was the reason for his desire to gift the pearl carpet to Prophet Muhammad's tomb.
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Khanderao II Gaekwad was born in 1828 in Vadodara.
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Khanderao II Gaekwad died in 1870 in Vadodara.
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