GK
NICKNAMES OF PLACES AND RIVERS
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Banyan City
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Sayaji Nagari
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Cultural City Of India
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vadodara, also called Baroda, city, east-central Gujarat state, west-central India. It is located on the Vishvamitra River about 60 miles (100 km) southeast of Ahmadabad.
Detailed explanation-2: -The city is famous for Lakshmi Vilas Palace, an excellent architectural palace. It is also the place for the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (Vadodara), the largest university in the state. The city is an important place of industrial, educational and cultural centre in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -It also has another name, Virakshetra or Virawati (land of warriors), mentioned alongside Vadodara by the 17th century Gujarati poet Premanand Bhatt, native to the city. Its name has been mentioned as Brodera by early English travellers and merchants, from which its later name Baroda was derived.