{{Short description|Historic building in Delhi, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}} {{Coord|28.616831|77.230480|display=title}} {{Infobox building |name = Baroda House |logo = <!-- Commented out: 200px|Indian Railways Logo --> |image = File:Baroda House.jpg |construction_start_date = 1921 |completion_date = 1936 |number_of_rooms = |elevator_count = |cost = |floor_area = 8 acres |architect = Sir Edwin Lutyens |engineer = |main_contractor = |developer = |owner = Before: Baroda state<br />Now: Indian Railways |operator = |references = }}
'''Baroda House''' was the residence of the Maharaja of Baroda in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/stories-behind-the-royal-abodes/article8203558.ece |title=Stories behind the royal abodes: Every palace built by princely states in Delhi has a riveting past |newspaper=The Hindu |date=7 February 2016}}</ref> It is located on Kasturba Gandhi Marg, next to Faridkot House.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historyofvadodara.in/baroda-house-at-delhi/ |title=Baroda House at Delhi |publisher=History of Vadodara |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref>
== History == It was designed by the architect of New Delhi Sir Edwin Lutyens and contracted by Sir Sobha Singh. He designed the house on a train and it took 15 years to complete in 1936.<ref name="ET">{{cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-10-06/news/27333330_1_lutyens-delhi-lutyens-trust-edwin-lutyens |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032608/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-10-06/news/27333330_1_lutyens-delhi-lutyens-trust-edwin-lutyens |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2016 |title=Pride & prejudice |work=The Economic Times |date=6 October 2002 |access-date=2013-05-27 |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 of Northern Railways.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in//view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,263,296 |title=Reference at www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in}}</ref> thumb|Plaque of the Northern Railway at Baroda House
== See also == * Hyderabad House * Bikaner House * Jaipur House * Patiala House * Udaipur House
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== Further reading == * {{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 }}
Category:Royal residences in Delhi Category:Works of Edwin Lutyens in India Category:Baroda State