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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [32r] (68/502)
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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charge remained in his name, and was still held by him, a personal cash allowance
of Rs. 1,200 annually being assigned to him. On the present Chief's accession
the case was enquired into, and the pagah was transferred to another person.
The foot establishment with allowances fixed at Rs. 10,000 annually has been re-
granted to complainant, and he is now in possession of it.
The action 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).
in this case, so far as the Commission is in a posi
tion to judge, was summary and imprudent, considering that the complainant, an
Arab leader, was one of a class likely to cause trouble, if inconsiderately dealt
with. It is also worthy of note that the pagah of which complainant was de
prived was not in this instance reduced, but was transferred to another person.
No. 35.—In this case complainant who was an adopted son succeeded his
father in the possession of a pagah of 25 horse, and a cash allowance aggre
gating Rs. 11,350. His father had enjoyed a cash allowance of Hs. 82,250,
of which, on his death in 1861, Rs. 20,900 was resumed by the late Gaekwar on
the ground that his successor was an adopted sou. In 1869 on the death of
complainant's adoptive mother, her private property, to the value of one
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, was attached by the late Gaekwar, and the present Chief in 1872 con
fiscated the same to the State, and at the same time reduced complainant's
cash allowances by Rs. 1,900. Orders have recently been issued for the restora
tion of the latter to complainant, whose only grievance now consists of the
seizure and confiscation of his mother's estate to which he was the heir, and the
restoration of which he claims at the hands of the Gaekwar.
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 property was placed under attachment for the
benefit of complainant, who is still a minor, and that a portion of it valued at
half a
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, but which only realised Rs. 35,000 on sale, was retained
by it as Nazarana. It further alleges that the remainder was made over to
complainant's grandmother who is now his guardian, a receipt for the entire
estate, including the portion reserved as Nazarana, being however taken from
her.
The Commission does not feel called on to record an opinion on the merits
of this grievance, but remarks that the complainant appears to it to have long
passed the years of minority.
No. 36.—In this case the complainant who was adopted by one Narayenrao,
son-in-law of the late Gaekwar Khanderao, on the day of his death, and was re
cognized and acknowledged to have been so 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).
in the usual manner,
states that his father enjoyed—
\st. —A pagah of 100 horse with a cash allowance of... Rs, 31,080
2nd. —A personal allowance of ,, 12,000
3 > d.—Allowance as Killedar with ten Government horses „ 4,000
4£/i.—An Establishment with cash allowance including
value of two Inam villages ... ..... „ 13,288
5th. —An additional Inam village of the value of „ 18,000 '
Total Rs. ... 78*368
Item No. 4 of the above was resumed by the late Gaekwar in 1868, but
Narayenrao remained in the enjoyment of the remainder during his lifetime. 1:
On his adoption being recognized, the sum of 3
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
Nazarana
was fixed 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).
, and agreed to by him to be paid therefor. The tran
saction was not, however, completed, as Hariba Dada, the Revenue Commissioner,
required the surrender to him of the Inam village (No. 6 in the above list) valued
at Rs. 18,000, which was refused by the complainant, but subsequently agreed to
by his grandmother, together with the surrender of a garden and bungalow at
Baroda, the private property of his father, of the value of 2
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
Complainant resisted this arrangement, and was then deprived of tlte post
of Killedar with the allowance of Rs. 4,000, the pagah of 100 horse with the
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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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