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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [53v] (111/502)
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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4 months subsequently, he went to Bombay and resided there the time required to
enable him to become a British subject under the Act. When he was imprisoned
certain jewels and State bonds, of the aggregate value of Rs. 60,000, were taken
possession of by the late Gaekwar. Deponent subsequently returned to Baroda
on the promise of the late Chief that the attachment on his property should be
removed, and the jewels were returned, with the exception of a portion, of the value
of Bs. 4,000. Deponent therefore refused to receive them, and at an interview
with His Highness Khanderao two months before his death, the latter promised
that all the jewels should be restored and the attachment removed from the houses
but he died before these orders were carried out.
The present Chief did not remove the attachment on the houses till 1872
when at the instance of the then Besident it was done, but the jewels and State
bonds have never been restored to the complainant, who states he has further
suffered a loss of Bs. 75,000 from the cessation of his business, in consequence
of the proceeding taken towards him.
In 1870-71 Balvantrao Eaholkar, the Naib Dewan, deposited Rs. 70,000
with complainant, taking his receipt for the same, and a year afterwards 'this
amount was demanded from him by the Maharaja, who, on his declining to give
it up till the receipt was returned to him, attached his firm, and his own and
his partner's private houses. At the end of 4 months this attachment was with
drawn, at the instance of the Resident, on deponent's paying over the Rs. 70,000
his receipt being then returned to him. This proceeding involved a further' loss
to deponent of Bs, 13,000 or 14,000.
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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 states that in the late Chief's time an award of
Bs. 50,181 was given against complainant in his dispute with his step-mother, and
that Bs. 30,413 in cash and Bs. 19,768 worth of jewels were accordingly given
0V j r j 0 ( roin h* 8 estate. The late Chief subsequently took the jewels back
and deposited them with complainant, but on his step-mother representing the
case to the present Chief, he ordered them to be again restored to her. The
Agent does not dispute the fact of the attachment of the firm by the present
e , m connection with the Naib Dewan's deposit of Bs. 70,000 with it.
i 3 ' Resident /n 1118 final statement in this case, dated 31st December 1873,
o serves a e arbitrary proceedings to which the complainant has been
subjected have involved him m losses estimated at Bs. 75,000 and Rs.13,000 res-
mo- ^ ' e an la e 18 entitled to a full enquiry into his case, in view to obtain
ing compensation from the Gaekwar.
on-nnrtic '' , ^ e not in a position to pass any opinion as to (1) the
bv thp k+P PvV k e attachment of complainant's property was originally ordered
of wbioli I t a "i 0 ' 0 f rea l value of the jewels and Grovernment bonds
beino- insnfflmV 16 W ifi l e P r ^ ve( ^ ^ le information before it on both points
being insufficient to enable it to form any judgment on them.
attachino^mMnl 1 ?^ 1 ^'^ 0 a ^ e 8" e< ^ proceedings of the present Chief in again
^ of a large sum de-
one but few Nativ pk- T ki 111 ' measure was undoubtedly a harsh
similar circumstanX " W0Uld ^ oh&b ^ have scru P le d to adopt it under
gross abuse of his offlf' 1 1 a PP® arm §" the _ Naib Dewan, whose rapacity and
that he was imnri^rm V ' P 081 ^' 10 ^ were notorious, had fallen into disgrace, and
his property. The refusal of tb ^ ^ seizure and attachment of all
with him, without the return ^ \ Bariker to up the amount deposited
measure of Dreem+irm i • . , m of I 118 receipt for the same, was a natural
compliance with its j P t ' le 00uree taken 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 enforce
accordance with the erfbn ^ t0 Commission to have been quite in
with the oi dtnary pract.ce m such cases of Native Governmente.
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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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