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{{Infobox building<br />
|name = Baroda House<br />
|logo = <!-- Commented out: [[File:Indian Railway.svg|200px|Indian Railways Logo]] --><br />
|image = File:Baroda House.jpg<br />
|start_date = 1921<br />
|completion_date= 1936<br />
|room_count = <br />
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|cost = <br />
|floor_area = 8 acres<br />
|architect = [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]]<br />
|engineer = <br />
|main_contractor= <br />
|developer = <br />
|owner = Before: [[Baroda state]]<br />Now: [[Indian Railways]]<br />
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}}<br />
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'''Baroda House''' was the residence of the [[Maharaja of Baroda]] in Delhi.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/stories-behind-the-royal-abodes/article8203558.ece</ref> It is located on Kasturba Gandhi Marg, next to [[Faridkot House]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
It was designed by the architect of New Delhi, [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]]. He designed the house on a train and it took 15 years to complete in 1936.<ref name="ET">{{cite news<br />
| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-10-06/news/27333330_1_lutyens-delhi-lutyens-trust-edwin-lutyens<br />
| title=Pride & prejudice<br />
| work=[[The Economic Times]]<br />
| date=6 October 2002<br />
| access-date=2013-05-27<br />
| author=Singh, Rohini}}</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite news|last=Sharma |first=Manoj |title=Of princes, palaces and plush points |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/of-princes-palaces-and-plush-points/story-mKjxnswBZVzbKMinScJsvK.html |access-date=2019-09-29 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2011-06-08}}</ref> Presently it is being used as the Zonal Headquarters Office of [[Northern Railways]].<ref>http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in//view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,263,296</ref><br />
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[[File:Northern Railway Head Quarters Baroda House Metal Logo.jpg|thumb|Plaque of the Northern Railway at Baroda House]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Hyderabad House]]<br />
* [[Bikaner House]]<br />
* [[Jaipur House]]<br />
* [[Patiala House]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{cite book |last=Bhowmick |first=Sumanta K |date=2016 |title=Princely Palaces in New Delhi |location=Delhi |publisher=Niyogi Books |pages=264 |isbn=978-9383098910 }}<br />
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[[Category:Royal residences in Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Works of Edwin Lutyens in India]]<br />
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