Gaekwad dynasty (historical)

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Indian princely house Maratha dynasty royal dynasty

The Gaekwad dynasty was a prominent Maratha royal house that ruled the princely state of Baroda (now Vadodara) in western India from the 18th century until Indian independence.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gaekwad dynasty	7
Gaekwad	2
Gaekwad dynasty (historical) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5749007 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gaekwad dynasty (historical)
Context triple: [Vadodara, stateCapitalOf, Gaekwad dynasty (historical)]

A. Bhosale dynasty
The Bhosale dynasty was a prominent Maratha royal house that rose to power in western India in the 17th century under the leadership of Shivaji and his successors.
B. Scindia dynasty
The Scindia dynasty is a prominent Maratha royal house that ruled the princely state of Gwalior and played a major role in 18th- and 19th-century Indian politics.
C. Newalkar dynasty
The Newalkar dynasty was the ruling Maratha royal family of the princely state of Jhansi, most famously associated with Rani Lakshmibai.
D. Kachwaha dynasty
The Kachwaha dynasty is a prominent Rajput royal lineage best known for ruling the kingdom of Amber–Jaipur in present-day Rajasthan, India.
E. Hotak dynasty
The Hotak dynasty was an early 18th-century Afghan ruling house founded by Mirwais Hotak that briefly controlled parts of present-day Afghanistan and Iran before being supplanted by the Durrani Empire.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gaekwad dynasty (historical)
Target entity description: The Gaekwad dynasty was a prominent Maratha royal house that ruled the princely state of Baroda (now Vadodara) in western India from the 18th century until Indian independence.

A. Bhosale dynasty
The Bhosale dynasty was a prominent Maratha royal house that rose to power in western India in the 17th century under the leadership of Shivaji and his successors.
B. Scindia dynasty
The Scindia dynasty is a prominent Maratha royal house that ruled the princely state of Gwalior and played a major role in 18th- and 19th-century Indian politics.
C. Newalkar dynasty
The Newalkar dynasty was the ruling Maratha royal family of the princely state of Jhansi, most famously associated with Rani Lakshmibai.
D. Kachwaha dynasty
The Kachwaha dynasty is a prominent Rajput royal lineage best known for ruling the kingdom of Amber–Jaipur in present-day Rajasthan, India.
E. Hotak dynasty
The Hotak dynasty was an early 18th-century Afghan ruling house founded by Mirwais Hotak that briefly controlled parts of present-day Afghanistan and Iran before being supplanted by the Durrani Empire.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian princely house ⓘ Maratha dynasty ⓘ royal dynasty ⓘ
capital	Baroda NERFINISHED ⓘ Vadodara NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	arms of the Gaekwad rulers of Baroda ⓘ
country	Baroda State NERFINISHED ⓘ Princely State of Baroda NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished	1949 ⓘ
endTime	1947 ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
enteredIntoTreatyWith	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ British Raj NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Maratha NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Pilaji Rao Gaekwad NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingFigure	Damaji I Gaekwad NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilaji Rao Gaekwad NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
hasTitle	Gaekwad of Baroda NERFINISHED ⓘ
houseType	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
knownFor	patronage of education ⓘ progressive social reforms in Baroda ⓘ urban development of Baroda ⓘ
languageUsed	Gujarati ⓘ Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Gujarat ⓘ Vadodara NERFINISHED ⓘ western India ⓘ
notableEvent	accession of Baroda State to India in 1949 ⓘ
notableMember	Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad NERFINISHED ⓘ Ganpat Rao Gaekwad NERFINISHED ⓘ Khanderao II Gaekwad NERFINISHED ⓘ Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III NERFINISHED ⓘ Malhar Rao Gaekwad NERFINISHED ⓘ Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad NERFINISHED ⓘ Sayajirao Gaekwad III NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Maratha Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Mughal Empire influence in Gujarat ⓘ local Mughal governors of Gujarat ⓘ
region	Kathiawar and Gujarat plains ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
ruled	Baroda State NERFINISHED ⓘ Vadodara region ⓘ
saluteRank	21-gun salute ⓘ
startTime	1721 ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
statusUnderBritishRaj	salute state ⓘ
successor	Dominion of India NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited