Maharaja Ganpatrao : eldest of three son of Sayājirao II succeeded his father in 1847; his brother Khanderao who succeeded him in 1856 sided with the Paramount Power in the uprising of 1857 but ran an administration which looked to the best interests of his subjects. His younger brother Malharrao, who succeeded him in 1870, mishandled the affairs of state & the Octopus deposed & exiled him on trumped charges in 1875. That year, Khanderao’s widow Jamnābai adopted a distant relative who in 1881 became Sayājirao III who employed Sri Aurobindo. [S. Bhattacharya]
... liberal in proportion to the extent and needs of the territory. In the city of Baroda itself there are as many as three. The oldest, once known as the State Hospital, dates back to the times of the Maharaja Ganpatrao and was from its inception till 1881 under the supervision of the Residency Surgeon. So long as there was a lack of qualified medical talent in the country, such an arrangement was no doubt advisable ...
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