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1857-1874, India, Baroda State, Khande Rao. Nice Silver ½ Rupee Coin. XF!
Condition: XF! Reference: KM-11. Denomination: ½ Paisa Mint Period: 1857-1874 (AH 1274-1286) Diameter: 17mm Weight: 5.69gm Material: Silver
Baroda State was a state in present-day Gujarat, ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy from its formation in 1721 until 1949 when it acceded to the newly formed Union of India. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its capital, during the British Raj its relations with the British were managed by the Baroda Residency. At the time of Indian independence, only five rulers—the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Maharaja of Mysore, the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, the Maharaja Shrimant Gaekwar of Baroda and the Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior—were entitled to a 21-gun salute. Baroda formally acceded to the Union of India, on 1 May 1949, prior to which an interim government was formed in the state.
Shrimant Maharaja Sir Khanderao II Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, GCSI (1828–1870) was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 1856 to 1870.
He was the third son of Shrimant Rajashri Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad II. He succeeded to the throne on the death of his eldest brother and the king Maharaja Ganpatrao Gaekwad on 19 November 1856 and reigned till his death on 28 November 1870. He was knighted as GCSI in 1861. He died suddenly in 1870 and was succeeded by his brother Malharrao Gaekwad but Malharrao was later deposed by British and widow of Kanderao II, Maharani Jamnabai Sahib Gaekwad, later adopted a boy from the related family, who became the next ruler of Baroda State - Sayajirao Gaekwad III.
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.
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