Baroda Town,1908
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Baroda Town,1908
Town in the Sheopur district of Gwalior State, Central India, situated in 25° 29' N. and 76° 42' E. Population (1901), 6,381. Baroda is now the chief town of the Sheopur-Baroday jagir, sub- ordinate to Gwalior. The holders are Gaur Rajputs from Bengal. In the twelfth century Bachh Raj established himself at Ajmer, whence the family were driven by the Muhammadans about two hunared years later. For services rendered to the Delhi emperors certain lands were granted to them, including the territory lying between the Parbati and KuntI rivers ; and Sheopur, 12 miles north of Baroda, became their head-quarters. During the Maratha inroads of the eighteenth century the Raja was forced to acknowledge the suzerainty of Sindhia. Sub- sequently Daulat Rao Sindhia assigned the lands then held by Raja Radhika Das of Sheopur to his general Jean Baptiste Filose, who com- pelled the Raja to relinquish them. Radhika Das was, however, per- mitted to retain a portion of his former territory, including twenty-three villages, and to take up his residence at Baroda. In 1813 twelve addi- tional villages were assigned to him. In 1857 the Raja revolted and his estates were confiscated, but were restored in 1859, through the mediation of the Resident at Gwalior. The present holder is Raja Bijai Singh, who succeeded in 1865.
