Copies of Telegrams Regarding the Special Commission Investigating the Gaekwar of Baroda's Administration

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Telegrams concerning the Special Commission which was enquiring into questions of maladministration by the Gaekwar of Baroda (Malharrao). The telegrams are primarily between Sir Lewis Pelly, Special Commissioner at Baroda; Captain Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary to the Viceroy; and Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.

The telegrams relate to two matters:

• Arrangements for Sir Richard Meade to take over responsibility at Baroda from Sir Lewis Pelly and for the succession to the title of Gaekwar of Baroda.
• Confidential Telegrams concerning Sir Dinkar Rao, in which conversations relating to Sir Dinkar Rao's concerns over the future of the native administration of Baroda and the process for the succession of a new Gaekwar should the current Gaekwar (Malhharrao) be found guilty of maladministration and removed from power are discussed. These telegrams are between Sir Lewis Pelly and the Viceroy of India (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook) through Captain Evelyn Baring, the Private Secretary to the Viceroy.

Extent and format

1 file, 13 items (15 folios)

It is grouped into

Telegram from Henry Cleveland, Bombay to Sir Lewis Pelly, Suez

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 1

Telegram from Sir Richard Meade, Poona [Pune] to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 2

Telegram from Sir Richard Meade, Poona [Pune] to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 3

Copy of service telegram No.976P from the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Charles Umpherston Aitchison), Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 4

Telegram from the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Charles Umpherston Aitchison), Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 5

Copy Telegram from the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Charles Umpherston Aitchison), Camp Delhi to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 6

Copy Telegram from the Governor of Bombay (Philip Edmond Wodehouse), Parell to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 7

Copy Telegram from Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Private Secretary to the Viceroy (Captain Evelyn Baring), Calcutta

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 9

Copy Telegram from Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Private Secretary to the Viceroy (Captain Evelyn Baring), Calcutta

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 10

Copy Telegram from the Private Secretary to the Governor General (Captain Evelyn Baring), Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 11

Copy Telegram from to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Private Secretary to the Governor General (Captain Evelyn Baring), Calcutta

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 12

Copy Telegram from to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Charles Umpherston Aitchison), Calcutta

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 13

Copy Telegram from the Private Secretary to the Governor General (Captain Evelyn Baring), Allahabad to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/91, f 14

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file has been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle 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 folios were originally tied together with pink ribbon. The ribbon has been removed to protect the folios and has been placed in a plastic sleeve at the rear of the file, the sleeve may cause some loss of sharpness to the digital image of the ribbon.

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 F126/91

History of this record

Date(s)

11 Mar 1875-24 Apr 1875 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Special Commission, BarodaPrivate Secretary to the Viceroy of IndiaSir Richard John Meade, KnightSir Dinkar Rao, Knight

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