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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [11r] (26/502)
The record is made up of 1 volume (249 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1873-14 Feb 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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PART II.
24. We next proceed to record (1), the results of our enquiries into the
present condition of the Contingent, and its fitness for the satisfactory perform
ance of the duties on which it is employed iu the Tributary Mahalsand (2),
the measures and rules we propose for adoption to render the Force duly efficient
for the purpose of the said duties.
25. The Chief Officer of the Contingent, who is styled Sir Subah, resides
at Baroda, and the reports of the three Subahs, who exercise respectively the
command of the three* chief divisions, are made to him.
* Kattywar. The Sir gubah alone
can order the dismissal of a
MahfiCanta Silledar, or the enrolment of new men. The Nimuok
attached to the office of Head of the Contingent is
enjoyed by him, and all matters of importance connected with the Force are
referred to him, by the Subahs, for disposal as Colonel-in-Chief, or for the orders
of the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
. The present Sir Subah is the Minister of the State.
26. The Subahs reside at the Head Quarters of, and exercise command
over the portions of the Contingent under their charge. They are responsible
for the mustering of the men, the disbursement of pay, the detail of the men
for duty, and generally for the state and condition of the Force under their com
mand ; and it is their duty to enquire into all complaints of misconduct that are
brought against any of their men by the British Officers in whose districts they
are employed, and to deal adequately therewith. The Subahs have a,uthority
to fine all the men under their charge, to imprison them for short periods, and
to dismiss Bargirs. Serious offences beyond these powers, are referred by the
Subahs to the Sir Subah for his orders, or those of the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
.
27. The Contingent is employed in the maintenance of order in the terrii
itories included within the Political Agencies of Kattywar, Pahlanpur, Mah-
Kanta, and Rewa Kanta, and a detail of the Force is attached to the
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.
at Baroda. _ - j-
The following table shews the general wgamzatise, and distribution of the
Contingent, as ascertained from returns furnished to the Commission ;—
State Risalas or
Pagahs.
Silledars.
Total
Total
monthly pay
Distribution.
Where employed.
Number.
Number
of men and
Horses.
Number,
N umber
of men and
Horses.
Number
of men and
Horses
of each por
tion.
At Head
Quar
ters.
On
Duty.
On
Leave.
Total.
Kattywar
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.. ,,
16
483
183
417
900
30,100
223
662
f*. Jr ■ O
m
' 697
Pahlanpur do.
21
613
45
84
697
17,478
101
596
Mahikanta do.
25
850
74
160
1,000
24,954
195
763
42
1,000
Rewakanta do.
8
287
14
27
314
8,022
159
155
314
Baroda
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.
.. ,.
1
100
100
. 4,318
37
63
-
100
Totals..
71
2.333
616
678
3,011
84,872
715
2,239
57
3,011
28. Kattywar
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. —A British Officer with the designation of Superin
tendent of the Contingent, exercises a general control over the portion of the
Force employed in Kattywar. All requisitions or complaints in connection with
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Report of the Baroda Enquiry Commission on the administration of the government of Malharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda. The Commission comprised Richard John Meade (President), Edward William Ravenscroft, Mumtazul Dowlah Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Faiz Ali Khan, Colonel Alfred Thomas Etheridge and Thomas Duncan Mackenzie (Secretary).
The report comprises a letter from the members of the Baroda Enquiry Commission to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department presenting their report on the results of the proceedings and submitting copies of correspondence, reports and statements relative to the enquiry (ff 5-19):
Appendix A, Part I
- Schedules I-III: Complaints and grievances against the Gaekwar's Government from individuals and groups (ff 21-78).
- Appendix B, Schedules I-III: Cases of complaint and grievance which the commission did not look into during the enquiry (ff 79-81).
- Appendix C: Letter from Colonel Richard John Meade, President, Special Commission of Enquiry on Baroda Affairs, to Colonel Robert Phayre, Resident at Baroda, 1 November 1873 (ff 82-83).
- Appendix D: Translation of an amended notice issued by the Resident to complainants desirous of appearing before the Baroda Enquiry Commission (ff 84-85).
- Appendix E: Schedules presented to the Commission along with Colonel Phayre's introductory statement regarding them. (ff 86-131).
- Appendix F: Letter No. 1128 of 1873 from Colonel Phayre to the President, Baroda Commission regarding the cases already submitted to the Commission, the List of undisposed petitions to be attended to by the Resident which could be used as additional cases if required and the statements that he had yet to make on cases under enquiry by the Commission (ff 132-133).
- Appendix G, Schedule I: Statements from witnesses with cross examination statements from the Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). on behalf of the Gaekwar and statements from the Resident as to the accuracy of the information provided (ff 134-229).
Appendix Part II (ff 231-245)
- Letter from James Braithwaite Peile, Acting Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kattywar [Kathiawar] to T D Mackenzie, Secretary, Baroda Commission, 13 December 1873 regarding papers requested by the Commission and informing them that the outstanding paper will be forwarded as soon as they are received. Enclosed with the letter are a memorandum from Peile for reconstitution of His Highness the Gaekwar's Contingent in Kattywar, 13 December 1873 and Rule for the guidance of the Officers and Kamdars appointed to the Contingent of Horse of His Highness the Gaekwar, serving in the various Tributary Mahals according to treaty.
- Letter from Peile to Mackenzie, 6 January 1874, forwarding a report and returns received from Colonel Walker, Superintendent to the Gaekwar's Contingent in Kattywar and stating that he does not concur with the Colonel's opinion. Enclosed with this letter is a letter from Colonel Chamberlen William Walker, 30 December 1873, providing the information on the Contingent requested by the Commission and enclosing an extract of the Contingents annual report for 1871 and a statement of the men within the Contingent on duty under officials paid by Talukdars etc, 06 March 1872.
- Letters from John Whaley Watson, Acting Political Superintendent Pahlanpur [Palanpur], Captain Henry Nicholas Reeves, Acting Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha] and Major Philip Harrison Le Geyt, Acting Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Mahi Kanta [Mahi Kantha] to the secretary of the Baroda Commission 19 December 1873 to 9 January 1874 reporting on the Gaekwar's contingents serving within their districts and commenting on numbers of men, pay and conditions. The letters all refer to enclosed returns, but only the return for Mahi Kanta is included in the report.
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