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Makarpura Star
Makarpura is a major area in Vadodara city of the Gujarat state in India. It is an important industrial area of Vadodara city having Gujarat Industrial and Development corporation (G.I.D.C),which comprises many important and large Multinational corporations like Siemens, Alstom, ABB, TBEA, Philips, Panasonic, Schaeffler Group, FAG, Sterling Biotech, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Larsen & Toubro, General Electric, Bombardier Inc, Bombardier, and GAGL (Gujarat Automotive Gears Limited). There are also a number of glass manufacturing companies in and around Vadodara, including Haldyn Glass, HNG Float Glass and PiramalGlass. the corporater of makarpura is Purnima vyas. Vadodara Chamber of Commerce and Industry is also situated in Makarpura. The Makarpura Palace is a former Gaekwad royal palace in this locality. It was built by Maharaja Khande Rao in 1870, designed in the Italian style. It was extended and renovated by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. The palace is now used as a training schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadodara
Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital of Gandhinagar. The railway line and National Highway 8, which connect Delhi with Mumbai, pass through Vadodara. The city is named for its abundance of the Banyan (''Vad'') tree. Vadodara is also locally referred to as the ''Sanskari Nagari'' () and ''Kala Nagari'' () of India. The city is prominent for landmarks such as the Laxmi Vilas Palace, which served as the residence of the Maratha royal Gaekwad dynasty that ruled over Baroda State. It is also the home of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Etymology The city in one period was called Chandanavati after the rule of Chanda of the Dodiya Rajputs. The capital was also known as Virakshetra or Viravati (Land of Warriors). Later on, it was known as Vadpatraka or Vadodará, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable energy, digital industry, additive manufacturing and venture capital and finance, but has since divested from several areas, now primarily consisting of the first four segments. In 2020, GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 33rd largest firm in the United States by gross revenue. In 2011, GE ranked among the Fortune 20 as the 14th most profitable company, but later very severely underperformed the market (by about 75%) as its profitability collapsed. Two employees of GE – Irving Langmuir (1932) and Ivar Giaever (1973) – have been awarded the Nobel Prize. On November 9, 2021, the company announced it would divide itself into three investment-grade public companies. On July 18, 2022, GE unveiled the brand names of the companies it will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III
Sayajirao Gaekwad III (born Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad; 11 March 1863 – 6 February 1939) was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 1875 to 1939, and is remembered for reforming much of his state during his rule. He belonged to the royal Gaekwad dynasty of the Marathas which ruled parts of present-day Gujarat. Early life Sayajirao was born in a maratha family in the village of Kavlana in Malegaon taluka of Nashik district, as Gopalrao Gaekwad, second son of Kashirao Bhikajirao Dada Sahib Gaekwad (1832–1877) and Ummabai. His branch of the Gaekwad dynasty was a cadet branch descended from a morganatic marriage of the first Raja of Baroda and so was not expected to succeed to the throne. Matters of succession Following the death of Sir Khanderao Gaekwad (1828–1870), the popular Maharaja of Baroda, in 1870, it was expected that his brother, Malharrao (1831–1882), would succeed him. However, Malharrao had already proven himself to be of the vilest character and had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaekwad
Gaekwad (also spelt Gaikwar and Gaikwad; mr, Gāyǎkǎvāḍǎ) is a surname native to the Indian state of Maharashtra. The surname is found among the Marathas, Kolis and in Scheduled castes. It is also a common surname among Bharadis, Dhor, and Mahar communities of Maharashtra. Etymology The Marathi historian D.S. Parasnis and his co-author, the British Raj High Court judge, C.A. Kincaid of colonial-era India, wrote in 1908 that the origin of the name ''Gaekwad'' is a combination of two Marathi words. In mr, gai, italic=yes means ''cow'' and means ''small door''. Therefore, ''gaekwad'' (or ''gaikwad'') denotes ''cow door''. Notable people Notable people with the surname include: * Gaekwads of Baroda - Maharajas of Baroda State * Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar (born 1974), an Indian television actress and model * Anshuman Gaekwad, a former Indian cricketer and two-time Indian national cricket coach * Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, known by his stage name Rajinikanth, an Indian actor and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makarpura Palace
Makarpura Palace is a royal palace of Gaekwads of the Baroda State, in present-day Vadodara, Gujarat, India. It was built by Maharaja Khende Rao in 1870, in the Italian style. It was used as summer residence and hunting resort by the Royal Family. The palace is now used as a training school called No.17 Tetra School by the Indian Air Force. History In 1866, a Maharaja of Baroda, Khande Rao, built an entire new palace finished in 1870. It is said that Malhar Rao Gaekwad, brother of Khanderao II Gaekwad, who ruled Baroda from 1856 to 1870, destroyed a portion of this palace. It was extended and renovated by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, between 1883-1890 and designed by Robert Fellowes Chisholm (1840-1915) in the same Italian Renaissance style.https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho000430s24u00002000.html The palace was used as a training school by the Indian Air Force for many years. Location Khanderao II Gaekwad spent a lot of time at Dhaniavi whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purnima Vyas
Pūrṇimā () is the word for full moon in Sanskrit. The day of Purnima is the day (''Tithi'') in each month when the full moon occurs, and marks the division in each month between the two lunar fortnights (paksha), and the Moon is aligned exactly in a straight line, called a syzygy, with the Sun and Earth. Full moon is considered the third of the four primary phases of the Moon; the other three phases are new moon, first quarter moon, and third quarter moon. The full moon shows 100% illumination, causes high tides, and can concur with lunar eclipses. Festivals The following festivals occur on Purnima. When the Manava Purana (one of Upa Purana) narrated The festivals of full moon days. * Kartik Poornima, is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Kartik. It is also called Tripura Purnima. * Shravan Poornima, is the full moon day in Shravan. This day has a number of different names. Hayagriva Jayanti and Gayatri jayanti is also celebrated on Shravana Purnima. It is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PiramalGlass
PGP Glass (formerly known as Piramal Glass Ltd and Gujarat Glass Pvt. Ltd.) is an Indian glass packaging company providing packaging for pharmaceutical and perfume industries. History Prior to its acquisition by the Piramal Group in 1984, the company's manufacturing plant was located in Kosamba, Gujarat. In 1990, Gujarat Glass Pvt. Ltd. merged with its parent company Nicholas Piramal India Ltd. to become one of its many divisions. In 2020, The Blackstone Group announced that it would acquire Piramal Glass for 1 billion. After the acquisition was completed in March 2021, the company was renamed to PGP Glass. Operations The company sells glass packaging for the pharmaceuticals, Food and Beverages (F&B) and the cosmetics & perfumery Perfume (, ; french: parfum) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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