In 1960, the gem was resold and nicknamed the "Princie" after the 14-year-old Prince of Baroda.

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The squad will be updated for the second half of the series, with matches in Madras (Chennai) and Baroda.

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In 2009 he founded the Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Other Human Sciences in Baroda city.

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With England's three-day warm-up match in Baroda was cancelled, the performance squad will help prepare the Test side for competitive action.

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Rupa Rege Nisture, chief economist at India's Bank of Baroda, said he expected the central bank to raise rates again in February.

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India will also build 1, 300km of "access-controlled" highways linking key cities, including Mumbai and Baroda, Bangalore and Madras and Delhi and Agra.

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Her husband, Prattapsingh Gaekwar, maharajah of Baroda, scandalized Indian society when he dumped his first wife in favor of the much younger Devi in 1943.

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And former Test wicket-keeper Kiran More - who was recently chairman of selectors - resigned as secretary of the Baroda Cricket Association to join the new league.

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His father, Mehmood Khan Pathan - a muezzin who calls the faithful to prayer - had to apologise to the mosque committee in Baroda on behalf of his sons.

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Then there's the gold Cartier wristwatch once owned by the woman known as India's Duchess of Windsor, Her Royal Highness Maharani Sita Devi of Baroda, famous for her marriage to the Maharaja Pratapsingh and her exquisite jewelry collection.

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