A month after the Gujarat High Court refused to stay the demolition of the red-bricked Pushpakoot – the iconic bungalow that was once the residence of cricket legend Captain Vijay Hazare – the sprawling 15,000 sq ft mansion has been reduced to rubble by the contractors hired by the state roads and buildings (R&B) department. […]
The library was a cog in the wheel of Sayajirao III's larger vision for education in the state of Baroda and it was so close to his heart that the Maharaja donated to it 20,000 books from his personal collection.
Bhadra Kacheri, the first-known Vadodara residence of the Sultanate of Gujarat, is "a unique meld of cultural tastes and crafts" but it has faced much neglect over the decades.