Sayajirao Gaekwad III - Early Life

Early Life

Sayajirao was born Maratha at Kavlana as Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad, second son of Meherban Shrimant Kashirao Bhikajirao Gaekwad (1832–1877) and Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Ummabai Sahib. His branch of the Gaekwad dynasty was a cadet branch descended from a morganatic marriage of the first Raja of Baroda and so was not expected to succeed to the throne.

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