Makarpura Palace

Makarpura Palace was a Gaekwad royal palace in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat state, India. It was built by Maharaja Khende Rao in 1870, designed in the Italian style. It was extended and renovated by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. The palace is now used as a training school called No.17 Tetra School by the Indian Air Force.

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Vadodara topics

History	Maratha Empire Gaekwad British East India Company British Raj Baroda Residency Bombay Presidency Political integration of India Bombay State BBCI Railway Baji Rao I Pilaji Rao Gaekwad Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III Maharaja Fatehsinhrao Gaekwad Maharaja Pratap Singh Gaekwad Maharani Sita Devi Indira Raje Scindia Raja Ravi Varma Bhimrao Ambedkar Dadabhai Naoroji

Government	Vadodara Municipal Corporation Vadodara Urban Development Authority (VUDA) Vadodara District

Buildings and landmarks	Laxmi Vilas Palace Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum Pratap Vilas Palace Sayaji Baug Makarpura Palace Nazarbaug Palace Nyay Mandir Khanderao Market Kirti Mandir Kirti Stambh Baroda Museum EME Temple Aurobindo Ashram Hazira Maqbara

Economy	Bank of Baroda ICICI Bank Indian Oil, Gujarat Refinery Reliance Industries, IPCL Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (GSFC) Larsen & Toubro General Motors India Sun Pharma Apollo Tyres Vadodara Stock Exchange Siemens

Transport	Vadodara Airport Bajva railway station Nandesari railway station Ranoli railway station Vadodara railway station National Highway 8 Vadodara-Ahmedabad Expressway Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway

Culture	Navratri Garba Maa Aarki Vadodara Garba Uttarayana IPCL Sports Complex Ground Moti Bagh Stadium

Education	Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Baroda Engineering College (Techo), Kala Bhavan Baroda Medical College Baroda School of Legal Studies Railway Staff College Faculty of Fine Arts Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya

People	K.M. Munshi Abbas Tyabji Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh Manilal Doctor Ambalal Sarabhai Pramukh Swami Maharaj Sam Pitroda Satyam Patel Dr IG Patel Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Ajay Bhatt SR Rao Karan Grover (Architect) Vijay Hazare Anshuman Gaekwad Kiran More Zaheer Khan Irfan Pathan Yusuf Pathan

Recent events	2001 Gujarat earthquake 2002 Gujarat riots (Best Bakery case) 2005 train crash

Other topics	Champaner Pavagadh Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Ajwa Dabhoi Kayavarohan

Coordinates: 22°14′28″N 73°11′42″E / 22.2412°N 73.1949°E / 22.2412; 73.1949

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Makarpura Palace

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