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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [31v] (67/502)
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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wan always customary, in realizing its jurt dues from the Sardars and Saiedars,
by whom fifteen
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
are owing to the firm
Tn the matter of the first grievance, the whole of the cash allowances and
T llao-es for which complainant produces Sanads, admitted by 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).
a S to be genuine, assigning the same to him in perpetuity so long as the firm
f rined to be servants of the State, were summarily resumed by the present
Thief about 15 months ago; the pagah and footmen being taken over by the
State the horses of the pagah, (which was serving m the contingent m Kattywar),
which were the private property of the firm, together with all their equipments of
the afforeo-ate value of about Rs. 12,000, being at the same time confiscated. The
reason assigned by 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).
to complainant for the above proceeding was a claim
preferred by it against the firm for debts due to the State, which complainant
alleges to be unfounded.
The second grievance, being one connected wholly with the position of the
firm as a State banker, will be dealt with separately under another head.
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).
states that it denies the right of the firm to hold the pagah in
perpetuity ; and that as Motilal, the late head of the firm, who died about two
months' ago, left Baroda about fifteen months ago, without the Gaekwar's per
mission, it considers it had a right to resume the pagah. 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).
admits
that the horses were the private property of the firm, but asserts that when they
were confiscated they were believed to belong to the State. It adds that they
shall be restored on the adjustment of accounts between the State and the firm.
On a full consideration of the circumstances of this case, the Commission is
of opinion that the proceedings 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).
towards the complainant in the
summary attachment of his establishment, and the resumption of his cash allow
ances and Inam villages on the grounds stated, were harsh and arbitrary, and
calculated to excite alarm amongst the old employes of the State, who held simi
lar charges under grants from previous Gaekwars.
No. 24.—In this case the complainant held a pagah of 13 horses, which had
been conferred on his grandfather by Maharaja Anandrao many years ago, with
cash allowance of Rs. 7,800 and an-Inam village worth Rs. 440. His great-grand
father previously enjoyed another Inam village of the annual value of Rs. 1,000,
In 1868 the late Gaekwar resumed the village worth Rs. 440, and in 1870 his
cash allowances were stopped by the present Chief. In July of the present year
the 13 horses composing his pagah, which were his private property, were con
fiscated by 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).
.
Within the last two months the pagah establishment and horses with the
cash, allowance have been restored to complainant with the arrears due therefor,
and his only grievance now is that the Inam village resumed by the late Gaekwar
has not also been restored to him.
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 observes that the village was held by complainant in part
payment of his allowances, and that on its resumption he received in cash "the
equivalent at which it had been originally assigned.
The Commission does not feel called upon to record any opinion on the case.
No, 30.—In this case the complainant, an Arab
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
, held a pagah of 36
sowars and an establishment of 7 2' footmen, which had been granted to his father
many years ago, with cash and personal allowances of Rs. 8,085 for the former,
and Rs. 9,672 for the latter. In 187l;; the present Gaekwar took from com
plainant the pagah of horse with the cash allowance assigned therefor, and per
sonal allowance, and transferred the same to Eshvantrao, a, relative of Hariba
Gaekwar, the Revenue Commissioner; and in 1872 he resumed the establishment
of footmen with the allowance fixed for it. Complainant states that the charge
of the establishment of footmen has been recently restored to him, but the pagah
has not been, and his grievance is now confined to "the latter point.
, 'p le
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 remarks that the establishment both of Horse and Foot
held by complainant was resumed by the late Gaekwar in 1861, but the nominal
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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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