'Confidential Telegrams and Correspondence Concerning Scindia - 1875'

Content

Copies of correspondence and telegrams concerning the visit of Maharaja Scindia (Jayajirao Scindia) to Baroda in order to participate in the Special Commission set up to investigate the Gaekwar, Malharrao's administration of the Baroda state.

The correspondence is between Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General and Special Commissioner at Baroda, and Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department.

Extent and format

1 file, 4 items (17 folios)

It is grouped into

'Precis of correspondence on the subject of reception of H.H. the Maharaja of Scindhia [Scindia] at Baroda'

12 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/90, ff 2-7

Telegram from the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

6 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/90, ff 8-10

Telegram from Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/90, f 11

Confidential letter from Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/90, ff 12-15

Arrangement

The contents of the file have been arranged in the same order that they were originally tied together.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file has been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

Binding: the contents of the file were originally bound together with pink ribbon which has since been removed. The pink ribbon has been placed at the rear of the file in a plastic sleeve (folio 16), which may cause some loss of sharpness to the digital image of the binding.

Watermark: The cover of the file (folios 1 and 17) contains the Britannia watermark.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

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 F126/90

History of this record

Date(s)

25 Feb 1875-11 Mar 1875 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Special Commission, BarodaGovernment of India, Foreign SecretaryJayajirao Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior

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