13 Facts About Vadodara

Vadodara, known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Later on, it was known as Vadpatraka or Vadodara, and according to tradition, is a corrupt form of the Sanskrit word vatodar, meaning "in the belly of the Banyan tree".

Vadodara is located at in western India at an elevation of 39 metres .

Besides this Vadodara manufactured and exports metro coaches through out the world.

Vadodara city's municipal corporation or Maha Nagar Palika is a part of the Vadodara district.

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All of the five assembly seats of Vadodara were won by the BJP during the legislative elections in 2017.

The last municipal corporation election for Vadodara took place in the year 2015 where Bhartiya Janta Party won in the majority with 57 out of the total 76 seats, followed by the Indian National Congress with 14 seats.

Vadodara has flight connections with Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Vadodara is the first Green Airport in Gujarat and Second Green Airport in India after Kochi.

Vadodara was part of the historic Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, which arrived in the city in January 1861.

Vadodara Railway Station now belongs to the Western Railway zone of Indian Railways and is a major junction on the Western Railway Main Line.

Vadodara has a professional cricket team, the Baroda cricket team, as well as the oldest cricket ground in Asia, called Moti Baug.

Vadodara News Magazine is a local news TV channel that covers events in the city.