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Maharani Chimnabai I (1864 – 7 May 1885) was a queen and the first wife of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of the princely state of Baroda (now in Gujarat), British India. Several memorials were built by Sayajirao following her early death.
- 1880–1885
- 7 May 1885 (aged 20–21), Baroda
- Lakshmibai Mohite, 1864, Tanjore
- Chimnabai II
- From Illiterate Boy to Modern Maharaja
- The Making of An Anticolonial Indian Prince
- The Turn from Anticolonial to Imperial Politics
While India’s roughly 500 princely states were not formally part of the British empire, they all were under varying degrees of indirect British control — including tight restrictions on establishing diplomatic and international ties. Baroda was an extremely affluent princelystate, because of its wealthy merchants and fertile cotton- and opium-growi...
The project of shaping the young ruler into a staunch ally of the British empire, however, faltered. As the anticolonial movement gathered strength in India, Sayaji Rao III established links with activists who the British regarded as “extremist” — he employed the Bengali revolutionary Aurobindo Ghosh as his personal secretary and financially suppor...
By the 1910s, Sayaji Rao III’s engagement with radical anticolonialism brought him to the brink of deposition. The First World War provided him with an opportunity to secure his precarious position and avoid the fate of his predecessor: from 1914 to 1919, he demonstrated his commitment to the British empire with generous donations to the British wa...
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Jul 7, 2020 · Maharani Chimnabai became the first President of the All India Women's Conference in 1927 and was one of the prominent female leaders of Baroda. As the Maharani of Baroda she inspired, encouraged and empowered women. She devoted her life to women's education and played a significant role in abolishing the purdah system and child marriage.
chimnabai i (1864-1884) Born Laksmi Bai of Tanjore, she was the first wife of Maharaja Sayajirao III Gopalrao Gaekwad of Baroda, whom she married in 1880. He was an enlightened prince who after ascending the throne established the Baroda College as one of his first public acts.
Maharani Chimnabai II (1872 – 23 August 1958) was a queen and the second wife Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad of the princely state of Baroda, Gujarat, British India. She is the author of the treatise The position of Women in Indian Life (1911), and was the first president of the All India Women's Conference (AIWC) in 1927-1928, as well as the ...
- 1872
- 1958 (aged 85–86)
The Maharani Chimnabai Tower, commonly known as Raopura tower is one of the major landmarks of the city. Erected in 1896, the funds for the tower were contributed by the citizens of Baroda in the memory of Maharani Chimnabai I (1864-1885). Maharani Chimnabai I was the first wife of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III.
The Chimnabai Clock Tower, also known as the Raopura Tower, is a clock tower situated in the Raopura area of Vadodara, Gujarat, India. It was completed in 1896 and named in memory of Chimnabai I (1864–1885), a queen and the first wife of Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda State.
