Ranjitsinghrao Gaekwad, (born 1938) is the younger brother of Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad

Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad

Lieutenant-Colonel Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Shrimant Maharaja Fatehsinghrao Prataprao Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, Maharaja of Baroda was a former Maharaja of Baroda....

. After Fatehsingrao Gaekwad died in the Breach Candy Hospital

Breach Candy Hospital

-History:It was established in 1958 at Breach Candy suburb, and designed by an English architect Claude Batley. Many famous Bollywood stars have given birth to their children at this hospital, including Bollywood actress Karishma Kapoor who gave birth to son Kiaan Raj Kapoor in 2010 and actress...

 in Bombay on 1 September 1988 at the age of 50, he was succeeded as Maharaja of Baroda

Baroda State

Baroda State was an Indian princely state in present-day Gujarat, ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty from its formation in 1721 until 1947 when it succeed to newly formed, India. With the city of Baroda as its capital, during the British Raj it was part of the Baroda Residency...

 by his younger brother, Ranjitsinghrao Gaekwad, the current Maharaja of Baroda (Vadodara

Vadodara

Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...

).

Early life and education

Born 8 May 1938 at Ootacamund

Ootacamund

Ootacamund , is a town, a municipality and the district capital of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Ootacamund is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills...

, Ranjitsinghrao Gaekwad is the second son of Maharaja Pratap Singh Gaekwad (1939–1951), and Maharani Shantadevi Gaekwad (d. 2002), daughter of Sardar Hausrkar Mansinhrao Subbarao of Hasur in Kolhapur. Her daughter, Mrunalini Devi Puar is the present Chancellor of the M.S. University, Baroda.

Educated at M.S. University (Baroda), he has a post graduate degree in fine arts.

Career

Ranjitsinghrao Gaekwad was a member of the Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 (lower house of parliament in India) and served two terms as an MP (member of parliament), from 1980 to 1984 and from 1984 to 1989. He became the Maharaja of Baroda on the death of his elder brother on 1 September 1988.

Ranjitsingrao Gaekwad is also a well known painter.

Personal life

Married 15 December 1964 Maharani Subhangini Devi (Arunadevi Jadhav). They have 3 children:

• Maharajkumari Alaukika Raje, married 1988, Darbar Shri SATYAJITKUMAR KHACHAR, 11th Chief of Jasdan.
• Maharajkumari Anjana Raje, married 1999, Shri APRATIM SENGUPTA.
• Yuvraj Samarjitsingh Gaekwad, born 25 April 1967, married 27 February 2002 in New Delhi, Rajkumari Radhika Kumari of Wankaner
  Wankaner
  Wankaner is a city and a municipality in Rajkot district in the Indian state of Gujarat.Wankaner has thorny plantation in the area !-Geography:Wankaner is located at . It has an average elevation of 81 metres ....
  
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External links

• Genealogy of princely state of Baroda at Queensland University