Our vadodara

This PPT will make you familiar with all the beautiful places of Vadodara which can be visited once compulsorily. Vadodara is becoming fastest developing city of India and one should know about the culture and wonderful history of vadodaraa. Lets take a ride to Our Vadodara.

1. Lets take a ride… INSIDE VADODARA

2. Vadodara is the Third largest city in the Western India. Until the early 1960s Vadodara was considered to be a Cultural and Educational centre. Also called “Sanskari Nagri” Population: 4.1 million (according to the 2010–11 census) Population Growth Rate: 14.38% Area: 7,546 sq. km. Density: 552 Literates: 2,893,080 Average Literacy: 78.92% Total Roads: 2080 km. Houseless: 10,833 from 2,606 families. Mayor: Mr. Bharat Shah Municipal Commissioner: Mr. H. S. Patel (IAS) Commissioner of Police: Mr. E. Radhakrishna (IPS) Member of Parliament: Smt. Ranjanben Bhatt (BJP)

3. Rulers History Gupta Empire. Chalukya Dynasty. Solanki Dynasty. Delhi Sultans. Mughals Marathas It became the Capital of the Maratha Gaekwads. Princely state of British India until Independence. Joined the Dominion of India in 1947.

4. VADODARA ADMINISTRATION Vadodara is administered by the  Vadodara Mahanagar Seva Sadan  (VMSS) Some of the regions surrounding the city are administered by the  Vadodara Urban Development Authority  (VUDA) The VMSS was established in July 1950 under the Bombay Provincial Corporation Act, 1949 The city is divided into four zones and 28 wards The City elects 1 member to the Lok Sabha (parliament) and 13 to the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) Zones: 4 Election Wards: 28 Seats (Corporators): 84 Population per ward: 31,122 Seats reserved for women: 26 Total voters: 16,37,575 

5. Religions in Vadodara Hinduism : 82% Islam : 12% Jainism : 4.7% Christianity : 0.4% Sikhism : 0.2% Others : 0.7%

6. Major Festivals in Vadodara Diwali Uttrayan Eid Holi Gudi Padwa Ganesh Chaturthi Navratri

7. Some Beautiful P lace s PALACES Laxmi Vilas Palace It was built by maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III in 1890 (Indo- Saracenic Revival Architecture)  

8. Some Beautiful P lace s PALACES Nazarbagh Palace It was built by Malhar Rao Gaekwad in 1721 Used on Ceremonial occasions by The Gaekwads. Also there is Pratap Vilas Palace which is now occupied by Railway Staff Collage. Makarpura Palace  It was built by Maharaja Khende Rao in 1870 (Italian Architecture)

9. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS Some Beautiful P lace s Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Established in 1881 Declared as University in 1949 Kirti Mandir “Temple of Fame”  It was built in 1936

10. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS Some Beautiful P lace s Kirti Stambh “Tower of Fame” Nyay Mandir “Temple of Justice” (Byzantine architecture)

11. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS Some Beautiful P lace s Khande Rao Market It was erected by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III in 1906 Hazira Makbara  The graves of  Qutb - ud -din Muhammad Khan who was the tutor of  Salim

12. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS Some Beautiful P lace s Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum  It is housed within the Maharaja's palace Baroda Museum & Picture Gallery The museum was built in 1894 to resemble the Victoria & Albert Museum of London

13. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS Some Beautiful P lace s Sayaji Baug It was built and dedicated to the citizens of Vadodara by Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III in 1879 Planetarium Toy train Floral clock

14. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS Some Beautiful P lace s Sursagar Lake “ Chand Talao ” It was rebuilt with stone masonry  in 18 th century.

15. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS Some Beautiful P lace s Kala Ghoda This statue is found at Rani Bagh , Byculla , Mumbai.

16. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS Some Beautiful P lace s Bus Terminal It was built under a public-private partnership between the GSRTC and realty firm Cube Construction in 2014.

17. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS Some Beautiful P lace s Railway Station  The existing building was newly constructed by Indian Railways in 1954

18. BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS Some Beautiful P lace s International Airport The foundation stone for the new terminal was laid on 26 February 2009. Civil Airport Owned by Airport Authority of India

19. STREET FOOD Famous Food of Vadodara Jay Mahakali Sev-Usad Location : Near Polo ground, Kalabhavan, Rajmahel Road, Vadodara Started 25 years back.

20. STREET FOOD Famous Food of Vadodara Vishnu Chai Location : Vishnu’s Tea Center is situated at a petit place near The MSU Fine Arts Faculty, Sayajigunj

21. STREET FOOD Famous Food of Vadodara Bombay Sandwich Location : Centre Point, SB-2, RC Dutt Rd, Alkapuri , Vadodara, Gujarat 

22. STREET FOOD Famous Food of Vadodara Pyarelal Ni Kachori Location : Padmavati Shopping Centre, Munshi khacha . 

23. STREET FOOD Famous Food of Vadodara Jagdish Farsan Location: Shree Jagdish Farshan , Opp. Gandhinagar Gruh , Jubeli Baug , Vadodara Jagdish’s Lilo Chevdo is the world famous product of vadodara .

24. STREET FOOD Famous Food of Vadodara Other Famous Places: Lalabhai sev-usad Nayadaur Sharbat Raju Omlet

25. SWEET FOOD Famous Food of Vadodara Pendavala Duliram Ratanlal Sharma Location : Nawabwada Naka , raopura Main Road, Opposite Usha Building, Raopura , Vadodara

26. COFFEE SHOP Famous Food of Vadodara Canara Coffee House Location : Main Road, Near Fire Brigade Station, Dandia Bazaar Rd, Vadodara. It must be about 60-70 years old  

27. ICE CREAM SHOP Famous Food of Vadodara DAIRY DEN Location : Sayajigunj Circle,Vadodara  

28. ICE CREAM SHOP Famous Food of Vadodara Janta Ice Cream  

29. RESTAURANTS Famous Food of Vadodara Kansar Restaurant Location : 101, Unique Trade Centre, Sayajigunj, Vadodara, India  

30. RESTAURANTS Famous Food of Vadodara Rajputana Restaurant Location : Dhanvantri Complex, Near Sardar Patel Statue, Sayajigunj , Vadodara, India  

31. RESTAURANTS Famous Food of Vadodara Kalyan Location : Near Sardar Patel Statue, Sayajigunj , Vadodara, India

32. RESTAURANTS Famous Food of Vadodara TGB Location : Galleria Mall, Near Sayajirao Town Hall, Akota , Vadodara, India

33. Educational Institutes in Vadodara Ambe Vidyalaya Anand Viday Vihar Auxilium Convent High School Baroda High School Besil High School Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’S V.M. Public School Convent Of Jesus & Mary High School Dayaram Sharda Mandir Delhi Public School Don Bosco High School Hill Memorial High School I.P.C.L. High School Jeevan Sadhna English School Kendriya Vidyalaya Lalbahadur Shastri Vidyalaya M.G.M. English School Navrachna Higher Secondary School New Era Primary School Refinery English Medium School Rosary High School Sadhu Waswani English School St. Joseph'S High School Tejas Vidyalaya Zenith School And many more… SCHOOLS

34. Educational Institutes in Vadodara Institute of Technology and Management Universe, Vadodara. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology, Vasad . Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Babaria Institute of Technology Sigma Group of Institutes Parul University Vadodara Institute of Engineering and research K J Institute of Engineering Baroda Medical College Manubhai Patel Dental College And many more… COLLEGES

35. Industries located around Baroda Alembic Pharmaceuticals 1907 Sarabhai Chemicals. 1940s Jyoti Ltd. 1940s Gujarat Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals (GSFC) Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL, now owned by Reliance Industries Limited) Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited (GIPCL) One from four large-scale public sector unit of Heavy Water Project in India. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Alstom Areva Mahindra Apollo Thermax Siemens L&T has established "Knowledge City" at Waghodia.

36. Famous Personalities from Vadodara Abbas taiyabji He was a close companion of Mahatma Gandhi Abbas Tyabji was among the first few Muslim Leaders belonging to Gujarat who actively participated in the National Movement. Manilal Doctor He was an efficient lawyer who actively participated in national movement for the freedom of India and worked as a social worker too. In order to spread the message of Equality, liberty and fraternity, Manilal published a newspaper. Ishu Patel He is a famous director, producer and animator The two renowned animated movies Paradise and Beads Game have been produced by him Yusuf Pathan Yusuf Pathana well-known Indian cricketer was born on November 17th 1982. His first debut in the first class cricket was in the year 2001-2002. Irfan Pathan IrfanPathanwas born on 27th October in the year 1984 in Vadodara in Gujarat. His debut as an Indian cricketer was in the year 2003

37. World Famous persons related to Vadodara Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009) Alumni of Maharaja Sayajirao University of baroda . Hon. Prime minister Mr. Narendra Modi . The current prime minister, Narendra Modi won the seat in the 2014 elections by a victory margin of 5,70,128 votes. Which was the second highest ever in a Lok Sabha election.

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