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Ref: Mss Eur F126/78

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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prisoners being forbidden to notice him. He called out as if m pam, and after
wards pointed to his arm, as if suffering from it, but deponent, though m prison
with, him for 20 or 22 days after this occurrence, did not know what injury had
happened to him.
3. 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). Agent, in his remarks on this case, denies that the complain
ant is entitled to protection as a British subject, his residence in Baroda previous
to his imprisonment having exceeded six months.
He further states that complainant owed Us. 400 to the State, which he was
called on by the khas pagah karkun to settle, and that on his threatening to beat
the latter, he was taken to the Naib Dewan, and ordered to be bound over to ke^p
the peace. As he would not furnish security he was detained in the police sta
tion (cliabutra) for a month and twenty days, when he was released, tie was
subjected to no ill treatment. From the Station Descriptive Roll of prisoners it
appears, 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). Agent adds, that he had sustained the injury to his arm
before his imprisonment. The Resident, Colonel Shortt, did not mention to 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). that such injury had occurred in the jail. With reference to 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). s
statement to Colonel Phayre that the complainant had not been put in jail, the
Agent suggests that a mistake may have been made at the time of writing to
that effect, or that there was a misconception regarding the word used, the man
having been confined in the Police " chabutra", and not imprisoned in the jail.
The statement was made on the report of the Karkun.
The Agent further produces at the request of the Commission the Descrip
tive Roll of prisoners confined in the chabutra referred to in his preceding
remarks, which on inspection is found to contain the usual record of the complain
ant's committal on the 22nd April 1872. In the column of "Description of the
. . . prisoners" is the remark noted in the margin in a
iujur^" 18 rigW arm 18 an separate line by itself at the foot of the entry. This
line appears to the Commission to be written in a
different hand and at a different time from the rest of the record in that column,
and on the circumstance being pointed out to 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). Agent, he admits that it
is so open to suspicion as a subsequent entry, that he requests permission to with
draw the Register as evidence on the point.
4. Dr. Seward, 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. Surgeon, having carefully examined the com
plainant's injured arm, deposes before the Commission that he is satisfied that the
injury could not have been caused by the bite of a camel, that he is of opinion
that the complainant's account of the manner in which it took place is a true
one, and that the injury must have occurred at least 18 months ago.
> r ^ e only documents connected with this case forthcoming in 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. records are (1) a 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). yad, dated 15th August 1872, replying
to one from the Resident, dated 11th May 1872, forwarding a petition from
complainants wiie regarding his imprisonment. No allusion was made in any
of these papers to complainant's arm having been injured. The DurbaT yad
states the views of the Government as to complainant's claims and the proceed
ings that had been taken towards him, and remarks that he had been required to
give security in consequence of having used threatening language towards the
pagah officers, but had not hem imprisoned ; and (2) a petition from Sadak Ali
to the Resident, dated 11th November 1872, with a precis of the same prepared
in 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. office, endorsed by the Resident, Colonel Shortt, and signed by
nun. I his petition gives a full detail of complainant's grievances and states the
circumstances under which his arm was broken from the ill treatment to which he
alleged he had been subjected.
The Resident's endorsement is to this effect—" A verbal answer was given to
returned^ 1161 ' Residerit 011 the I6tli November 1872, that his petition was

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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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1 volume (249 folios)

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Foliation: the main sequence of foliation consists of a small pencil number in the top front right hand corner of each folio enclosed in a circle.

There is also an original sequence of foliation which consists of larger pencil numbers also in the top front right hand corner of folios, however the sequence is not consistent and some of the numbers may be filing references rather than foliation numbers.

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Reference: Mss Eur F126/78
Title: 'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:248v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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