Chamaraja Road, Vadodara

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Plaque of "Maharaja Cham Rajendra Wadiyar Marg", Vadodara

Chamaraja Road, also known as Chamaraja Wodayar Road is a road in Vadodara, India. It runs east from Lakshmi Vilas Palace at one end to Bhagat Singh Chowk at the other. Known as Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Rajmarg (since 13 May 2015) or Rajmahal Road in the past, the road was renamed back to Chamaraja Road in 2017.[1][2][3]

History

This road was named after Chamaraja Wodayar by Sayajirao Gaekwad in 1888. Both then Yuvarajas were very good friends and Sayajirao Gaekwad named the road leading to the Palace through Gate-2 as Chamaraja Road. Similarly a road bordering Mysore Palace on east direction was named Sayajirao Road when Sayajirao Gaekwad visited Mysore in late 1893. During his visit, Sayajirao Gaekwad was inspired by the huge collection of rare manuscripts in Oriental Research Institute, Mysore and started a new Oriental Institute in Vadodara on 1 September 1927 in Central Library and later shifted to a dedicated campus near Palace. Now the Institute is affiliated to Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.[4] Another similarity between these stalwarts is both of them were adopted from Maharajas and went on to become the rulers of their Kingdom.[5][6]

Chamaraja Road is also one of the busiest roads in the city and is lined on one side with retail stores, food outlets, restaurants and many more. It has many office buildings, shops and markets. It is also a home to many buildings and banks. Khanderao Market, which hosts the office of Vadodara Municipal Corporation and famous landmark in the city Kirti Stambh are located in this Road.[7]

References
  1. "Rajmahal Road to be renamed Chamaraja Road". The Times of India. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. "Mysore's vanishing heritage". Deccan Herald. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. Sharma, Sachin (23 March 2012). "Road named after Sayajirao being spruced up in Mysore". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. "Oriental Institute's journey to glory". The Times of India. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
  5. "A bit of Baroda in Mysore: Road in Sayajirao's name main market". The Times of India. 28 December 2009. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
  6. Rupera, Prashant (28 December 2009). "A bit of Baroda in Mysore: Road in Sayajirao's name main market". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. Sharma, Sachin (13 May 2015). "Memory of Sayajis friend erased from citys face". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2022.


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