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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [25r] (54/502)
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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SCHEDULE No. 1.
Case No. 5.
Natkuva Tislo, resident of tlie Rewa Kanta.
This case is referred to by tlie Resident in Ms correspondence with, the
Bombay Government, viz ;—
Letter No. 144—756, dated 18th August 1873 (paras. 2 and 3), and is one
of the three cases whose thorough investigation by the Commission is specially
ordered in para, 5 of letter from the Government of India to the Government of
Bombay, No. 2209-p,dated 29th September 1873.
1. The circumstances of this case, as brought forward by the Resident, are
set forth in the Schedule, and in the Resident's letter dated 31st December
1873, which will be found in the file of the case.
2. Owing to the non-attendance of the complainant from alleged sickness
as deposed to by his father Tislo Govinda, and one Shankar Laldas, the Commis
sion has been unable to enquire into his grievance, which consists (1) of his
having been unjustly seized and sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment on the
alleged offence of defiling a shrine of Mahadeo near A.tarsumba, the Head
Quarters of one of the Gaekwar's Mahals, and (2) of the Vahivatdar's having
extorted certain sums from himself and his father for his release, notwithstanding
the payment of which the complainant was again irregularly apprehended and
sent to Baroda, where a further sum was demanded from him, and though its
payment was arranged for by his father, he was sentenced to imprisonment for 7
years, and remained in jail till released at the instance of the Resident.
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's review of this case will be found in the file. It
appears from it that the complainant was charged with entering the temple dis
guised and thereby—he being a chumar—defiling the shrine, and that he was sen
tenced to rigorous imprisonment for 7 years by the Maharaja s orders after
consideration of the circumstances as reported by the Vahivatdar.
4. The Resident challenges the correctness 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).
s statement of
the case on all the important points at issue, in his dated 31st'Decem
ber 1873.
General Observations and Opinion of the Commission.
I. In the absence* of the principal in this case the Commission is not in a
. . position to pass a trustworthy judgment as
* N ote . At the request of the Commission r merits, but as it is one of the cases
enquiries were made by the Resident as to l;(J ' ^-P T-^rlio "ho
the possibility of the complainant's coming ordered by the Government of India to be
to Baroda to state his case, but no further thorougTily invGstigated, it deexns it right
information Las been obtained on this point. ^ recorc | following remarks ou it:—
II. As regards the alleged grounds on which the complainant was origi
nally seized, the Commission has no doubt that he must have been, to some extent
at least, guilty of the offence charged against him, as it is quite unable to con
ceive that such a procedure would be taken absolutely without cause towards a
man in his position, merely with the object of extorting money from bis tat ler,
who did not even reside within the Gaekwar's jurisdiction.
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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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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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