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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [35r] (74/502)
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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2. His Giras Haks in 2 villages remain unsettled. Those in a third have
not been reduced, but Inam Committee tax has been imposed on them, and he
has refused to receive the balance.
3. His rights to certain petty dues from ryots remain unenforced.
4. His Grain Haks were commuted in 1863. In 1869 the Inam Com
mittee tax was imposed on the amount so allowed to him, and he refused to
receive it.
The rest of this complainant's grievances are the same as those of No. 1.
No. 4 (Village area 1,200 bighas ; Revenue Rs. 1,500, No. of houses 70 ;
Population 250) complains as follows:—
1. His G-has dana tribute was raised from Rs. 246 in 1856, to Rs. 412 in
1869, at which latter rate it is now levied.
2. Giras Haks in 9 villages reduced in 1864 from Rs. 147 to Rs. 14-2-0.
In 1871 the Inam Committee tax was imposed on the latter amount, and com^
plainant refused to receive the balance. Arrears, amounting to Rs. 762, due
to complainant, remain unrealised from the ryots, but the Government will give
no aid in their collection.
Remaining grievances are the same as those of No. 1.
No. 5 (Village area 2,500 bighas ; Revenue Rs. 5,000 ; No. of houses 300
Population 1,000) complains as follows :—
1. His Ghas dana tribute was raised from Rs. 880 in 1853, to Rs. 952 in
1866, at which it is now levied.
2. Arrears ot Giras Haks are due from Government to the amount of
Rs. 239-1 which complainant refuses to take, as Inam Committee tax has been
imposed thereon.
Complainant's other grievances do not call for remark. His case is
generally the same as that of No. 1.
No. 6 (Village area 3,000 bighas; Revenue Rs. 1,500; No; of houses 300 ;
Population 1,200) complains as follows : —
1. His Ghas dana tribute has been raised from Rs. 503 in 1860, to Rs. 751
in 1870, at which rate it now remains.
2. Giras Haks in 8 villages reduced from Rs. 452 to Rs. 290 in 1864.
On the imposition of Inam Committee tax on the latter amount, complainant
refused to receive the balance. Similar haks, amounting to Rs. 141 in two othei
villages, have remained unsettled since 1862.
3. Grain Haks in certain villages were commuted in 1864, and on the
imposition in 1870, of Inam Committee tax on the commuted amount, complain
ant refused to receive it. Complainant's other grievances do not call for re
mark, his case generally being the same as those of the preceding numbers.
No. 7 (Village area 1800 bighas; Revenue Rs. 1,500 to 2,000; No. of
houses 225; Population 700) complains as follows :—
1. His Ghas dana tribute has been raised from Rs. 292 in 1862, to Rs. 361
in 1872.
2. His Giras Haks in one village were reduced in 1863, from Rs. 22-8-0,
to Rs. 1 8-8-0, and in another village have remained for 10 years unsettled.
3. His Grain Haks were commuted in 1867, and he has no; drawn the com
muted amount, as the Inam Committee tax has been imposed on it.
Complainant's other grievances do not call for remark. His case is similar
to that of the other complainants.
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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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