Vadodara: Did you know that town used to host an annual sports activities tournament on the strains of Olympics throughout the Gaekwadi era? While all of the royal Gaekwads had been fixated with sports activities, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III promoted Indian sports activities in a major way.
Sportspersons from across the nation or even international nationals participated within the Royal Baroda Gaekwad Olympics (RBGO) that took off at Hind Vijay Gymkhana in early 20th century.
“Nearly 150 sorts of sports activities including hockey, athletics, lengthy soar, kho kho, kabaddi, body construction and wrestling had been performed throughout the RBGO. People became up in huge numbers to observe the best of the boys fight it out within the sports activities area,” stated Chandrashekhar Patil who arranged a photo exhibition on sports activities performed throughout the Gaekwadi regime within the town.
Patil stated that he wanted to show off the Indian sports activities performed centuries ago to the children. “Also, Hind Vijay Gymkhana has completed its 100 years of life. So I decided to prepare a photo exhibition,” Patil instructed TOI. The exhibition has some rare pictures of elephant fights, wrestling and body construction of the Gaekwadi era.
Patil stated that the erstwhile Baroda state was once additionally house to aggad, similar to the Roman colosseum, the place blood sports activities had been arranged. The aggad situated in today’s Panigate space was once established by the Mughals and it witnessed wild animal fights including that of rhinos and elephants. Baroda state additionally financed ‘Vyayam Shalas’ the place the wrestlers had been paid neatly by the federal government.
Sportspersons from across the nation or even international nationals participated within the Royal Baroda Gaekwad Olympics (RBGO) that took off at Hind Vijay Gymkhana in early 20th century.
“Nearly 150 sorts of sports activities including hockey, athletics, lengthy soar, kho kho, kabaddi, body construction and wrestling had been performed throughout the RBGO. People became up in huge numbers to observe the best of the boys fight it out within the sports activities area,” stated Chandrashekhar Patil who arranged a photo exhibition on sports activities performed throughout the Gaekwadi regime within the town.
Patil stated that he wanted to show off the Indian sports activities performed centuries ago to the children. “Also, Hind Vijay Gymkhana has completed its 100 years of life. So I decided to prepare a photo exhibition,” Patil instructed TOI. The exhibition has some rare pictures of elephant fights, wrestling and body construction of the Gaekwadi era.
Patil stated that the erstwhile Baroda state was once additionally house to aggad, similar to the Roman colosseum, the place blood sports activities had been arranged. The aggad situated in today’s Panigate space was once established by the Mughals and it witnessed wild animal fights including that of rhinos and elephants. Baroda state additionally financed ‘Vyayam Shalas’ the place the wrestlers had been paid neatly by the federal government.
Barodians savour rare collection of sports played during Gaekwadi era
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