Maharaja Sayajirao set up a university in the princely state of _______.
A
Hyderabad
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B
Baroda
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C
Kathiawar
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D
Jamnagar
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Solution
The correct option is B Baroda Maharaja Sayajirao set up a University in the princely state of Baroda. He belonged to the Gaekwad dynasty of the Marathas and was the Maharaja of Baroda State from 1875 to 1939. He set apart large funds out of his personal and state funds for setting up a University in Baroda for the benefit of students from the rural areas of his state