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Vadodara

Vadodara (IPA: /ʋə'ɽod̪əɾa/), which used to be known as Baroda, is the third largest city in the Western Indian State of Gujarat, after Ahmedabad and Surat. It is the administrative headquarters of Vadodara District and is located on the banks of the Vishwamitri river, southeast of Ahmedabad, 139 kilometres (86 mi) from the state capital Gandhinagar. The railway line and NH 8 that connect Delhi and Mumbai pass through Vadodara.

As of 2011 Vadodara had a population of almost 2.2 million people. The city is the site of the Lakshmi Vilas Palace, the residence of the Maharaja of Baroda and the royal family; and his erstwhile Darbar. It is also the home of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (Vadodara), the largest university in Gujarat. An important industrial, cultural and educational hub of western India, the city houses several institutions of national and regional importance while its major industries include petrochemicals, engineering, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics, IT and foreign exchange services amongst others.

Vadodara (Lok Sabha constituency)

Coordinates: 22°11′N 73°07′E / 22.18°N 73.12°E / 22.18; 73.12

Vadodara (formerly Baroda Lok Sabha constituency) (Gujarati: વડોદરા લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in Western India. This constituency covers the entire Vadodara district and first held elections in 1957 as Baroda Lok Sabha constituency in erstwhile Bombay State (present day Gujarat). It has been known as Vadodara since the 2009 elections. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad of the Indian National Congress (INC) who was also re-elected in the next elections in 1962. He was the Maharaja of Baroda of the Gaekwad dynasty at the time. P. C. Patel of the Swatantra Party won the election in 1967. From 1971–80, Gaekwad was MP of this constituency again firstly as a member of the Indian National Congress (Organisation) and then as a member of the INC. His younger brother, Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad also of the INC represented the constituency from 1980–89 for two terms before being defeated by Prakash Brahmbhatt of the Janata Dal party in the 1989 election.

Baroda (disambiguation)

Baroda is another common name for the city of Vadodara in Gujarat, India.

Baroda may also refer to:

  • Baroda Residency, which acceded to India in 1947
  • Baroda State, a former Indian princely state in modern-day Gujarat
  • Baroda, Michigan, USA
  • Baroda Township, Michigan, USA
  • Baroda, the Ghost Hunter, a fictional character created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
  • Offshore

    Offshore may refer to:

    Finance and law

  • Offshoring, active movement of companies to offshore centers
  • Offshore financial centre, jurisdictions which transact financial business with non-residents
  • Offshore investment, relates to the wider financial services industry in offshore centers
  • Offshore bank, relates to the banking industry in offshore centers
  • Offshore company
  • Offshore Stock Broker, relates to stock brokers in offshore centers
  • Offshore fund, collective investment in offshore centers
  • Offshore trust, trust arranged in offshore jurisdiction
  • Technology

  • Offshore drilling, discovery and development of oil and gas resources which lie underwater through drilling a well
  • Offshore (hydrocarbons)
  • Offshore construction, construction out at sea
  • Offshore powerboat racing, powerboat racing
  • Offshore hosting, server
  • Offshore wind power, wind power in a body of water
  • Arts

  • Offshore (novel), a 1979 British novel by Penelope Fitzgerald
  • "Offshore" (song), a 1996 song by British electronic dance music act Chicane
  • Offshore (novel)

    Offshore (1979) is a novel by Penelope Fitzgerald. It won the Booker Prize for that year. It recalls her time spent on boats on the Thames in Battersea. The novel explores the liminality of people who do not belong to the land or the sea, but are somewhere in between. The epigraph, "che mena il vento, e che batte la pioggia, e che s'incontran con si aspre lingue" ("whom the wind drives, or whom the rain beats, or those who clash with such bitter tongues") comes from Canto XI of Dante's Inferno.

    List of Characters and Their Boats (in order)

    Lord Jim

  • Richard Blake, husband, aged 39
  • Laura Blake, wife, also known as Lollie
  • Maurice

  • Maurice
  • Harry, Maurice's acquaintance, who uses the boat for his own purposes but does not live on board
  • Grace

  • Nenna James, mother
  • Martha James, Nenna's teenage daughter.
  • Tilda (Matilda) James, Nenna's younger daughter, who is six years old
  • Edward James, estranged father and husband, who visits the boat only once
  • Stripey (the cat)
  • Dreadnought

  • Willis, painter, widower, 65 years old
  • Offshore (hydrocarbons)

    "Offshore", when used relative to hydrocarbons, refers to an oil, natural gas or condensate field that is under the sea, or to activities or operations carried out in relation to such a field. There are various types of platform used in the development of offshore oil and gas fields, and subsea facilities.

    Offshore exploration is performed with floating drilling units.

    References

  • Petroleum industry glossary from Saipem Spa.
  • Petroleum industry glossary from Anson Ltd
  • Radio Stations - Vadodara

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    MyOpusRadio Platform 1 Varied,Indian India
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    Radio Madhuban 90.4 Public India
    MyOpusRadio Full Throttle Rock India
    Radio Heartbeats Abishekagni Christian India
    TORI: Ilaiyaraaja - SPB ERA, TeluguOne Radio On Internet 90s,Varied,80s,70s,Bollywood India
    Radio Sai Asia Stream Indian India
    MyOpusRadio Big Fish Varied India
    PlanetRadioCity IndiePop Bollywood India
    TORI: IST, TeluguOne Radio On Internet World Asia India
    MyOpusRadio Blackjack! 24x7 Classic Rock,Blues India
    MyOpusRadio Confluence Radio Varied India
    MyOpusRadio Radio 1889 Indie,Indie Rock India
    TORI: AR Rahman ERA, TeluguOne Radio On Internet Indian,Bollywood India
    Radio Sharda 90.4 FM World,Indian India
    MyOpusRadio C Train Rock,Jazz,Blues,R&B India
    MyOpusRadio 'Selectro Electronica India
    MyOpusRadio Sax and Violins Jazz,Blues India
    MyOpusRadio Cassette Player 80s,Oldies,70s,60s India
    MyOpusRadio Chilis Varied India
    WFEN-FM 88.3 (The Lighthouse) Rockford, IL Christian India
    Gurbani Radio Indian,Bollywood India
    Radio KBJB Kirtan Religious India
    MyOpusRadio Easy Easy India
    TORI: All Time Hits, TeluguOne Radio On Internet Indian,Bollywood India
    SikhNet Ch. 27 El Sobrante Religious India
    PlanetRadioCity Hindi Indian India
    Radio KBJB Sikh Talk Religious India
    MyOpusRadio Varied India
    Radio City Freedom Varied India
    The Movement Electronica India
    A.R.Rahman Radio Indian India
    Keertan Religious India
    Radio Schizoid Electronica India
    MyOpusRadio Papa Johns Varied India
    Radio KBJB Simran Religious India
    PiRocks Oldies,70s,60s India
    Ilayaraja Radio Indian India
    Chennai FM Rainbow Indian India
    Pulse Mirchi Indian,Bollywood India
    Aahaa FM Chennai Indian,World Asia India
    Radio Goa Indian India
    Radio Islam Religious India
    Bhajans 1 Religious India
    Psalms Radio Religious,Christian India
    Bhakti Radio Religious India
    MyOpusRadio Platform 2 Varied,Indian India
    MyOpusRadio Club Rulz! Dance India
    Sai GH Discourse Stream Varied India
    Radio KBJB Sant Singh Maskken Religious India
    TORI: Latest Hits, TeluguOne Radio On Internet Bollywood India

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