Former opening batsman and ex-Team India coach Anshuman Gaekwad passed away in Vadodara on Wednesday. He was 71. A veteran of 40 Tests was suffering from blood cancer and had recently returned after having treatment in London. He also served as a selector and head coach of the national side. Gaekwad’s long ailment brought many of his erstwhile colleagues forward, either offering financial help or asking the BCCI to release some funds. Board secretary Jay Shah had recently released Rs 1 crore for his treatment. “It’s a loss to the…
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Know Your City: Maharaja Pratapsinhrao Gaekwad, the unsung visionary of Baroda state | Ahmedabad News
July 19 marked the 57th death anniversary of Maharaja Pratapsinhrao Gaekwad, who at the age of 31 assumed the throne of the majestic Baroda state—upon the death of his grandfather, Maharaja Sayajirao III Gaekwad, in 1939—to take forward the legacy of the state’s most-loved king. Known as the “solider king” and “polo prince”, Pratapsinhrao not only scaled up institutions that his grandfather had set up but also displayed a strategic vision for the state, before he signed its formal accession to India on May 1, 1949, famously breaking and throwing…