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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [29r] (62/502)
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 II.
Case No. 1.
Grievances of the Sardars and Military classes of the Bare da State.
The grievances of these classes were referred to by the Resident in his cor
respondence with the Bombay Government as follows
(1). Letter No. 103—652, dated 25th June 1373 (para. 6 and translation
of petition enclosed),
(2). Letter No. 107—573, dated 28th June 1873 (paras. 3 to 6).
(3). Letter No. 146—762, dated 19th August 1873 (paras. 2 to 8 inclusive).
SUMMARY of the Complaints of the Sardars Military Classes,
Opinion of the Commission
I.—The complainants in the Cases No. 1 to 6 (the Pandare and Ghorpare
Sardars) have no personal grievance. Their pay is in arrears for the past two
years, owing to their refusal to receive it, in consequence of the reduction of
certain of the lesser Silledars, for whose permanent maintenance by the Gaekwar
they allege they had received guarantees at the request of the late Gaekwar at
Kapura in 1858.
II.—The complainants in the six cases noted in the margin,
26, 27,28, hayg had their grievances against the present Gaekwar
. an ' adjusted, and state that they have now no complaints to make.
III.—Of the remaining 28 cases of grievance that have been preferred be
fore the Commission, the following, eleven in number—Nos. 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 25,
29, 32, 33, 39, 40—-originated altogether in the time of the late and previous
Gaekwars, and any complaints in connection therewith against the present Chief
have been adjusted by him, and are withdrawn.
No. 7 complains that he was deprived by the late Chief of the management
of the pargana of Saoli, which he claims to have held in Jaghir. 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).
asserts that his tenure of the pargana was a mere yearly lease, with an assign
ment of a fixed portion of its revenues as part of his service allowances, and adds
that on resumption of the pargana a special grant of Rs. 10,000 annually was
made to him in lieu of the said management. The perusal of the so called
Sanads produced by the complainant appears to the Commission to support 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 explanation of the nature of the terms on which the management of the
pargana was originally assigned to him in 1818, and subsequently renewed, as
shown in a similar grant of 1835 produced by the complainant.
The Commission does not feel called on to record an opinion on the proceed
ings complained of.
No. 8 has made contradictory statements, which leave it doubtful how his
case really stands ; but his grievances, such as they are, date from the reign of the
late Gaekwar, who, so far as the Commission can form an opinion on a case,
which is stated to have occurred eleven years ago, appears to have acted towards
him in a harsh and arbitrary manner, though quite in accordance with the then
existing and previous practice on the point in force in the State. The complain
ant admits that the present Chief has restored to him a village of the annual
value of Rs. 14,000, which formed part of the property alleged to have been
confiscated by his predecessor.
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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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