When Tilak planned India's Independence with Baroda Maharaja Aug 23, 2010 VADODARA: While 1857's first revolt against the British empire is documented in history, few know that a similar revolt against the colonial rule was planned in 1914. And fewer are aware that Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad, erstwhile ruler of Baroda state, was a part of it. Gaekwad and freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak had drawn elaborate plans to initiate war for complete independence against the British. [snip] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/When-Tilak-planned-Indias-Independence-with-Sayajirao-/articleshow/6423044.cms --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar