Sir Lewis Pelly's opinions on the evidence against the Gaekwar of Baroda

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The document gives Lewis Pelly's opinions on the evidence that has been compiled against the Gaekwar of Baroda (Malharrao) for the charge of communicating with, and bribing, Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. servants for the purposes of obtaining information, and concerns the question of whether the Gaekwar instigated the attempt to poison Colonel Robert Phayre.

Pelly's opinions include:

• Consideration of whether the Gaekwar would have been likely to personally involve himself in such matters, and if so, whether he would have done so at that time given that he had written to the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook) to request the Colonel's removal from his position and was awaiting the response.
• The evidence that has been furnished in the case and the considerable suspicion which Pelly believes can be cast upon it, giving examples of those statements and questions that he believes should arouse the most suspicion and his belief that corroborative evidence is still needed.

Extent and format

6 folios

It is part of

Notes and Memoranda by Lewis Pelly on the Situation in Baroda

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/94

Physical characteristics

Binding: The folios have been tied together in the top left hand corner with string.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F126/94, ff 20-25

History of this record

Date(s)

1875 (CE, Gregorian)

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