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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [61r] (126/502)
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 No. II.
Cases Nos . 45 to 56.
Grievances of the followers and servants of tlie late Khanderao Gaekwar,
who allege that they have suffered hardships at the hands of His Highness the
present Gaekwar.
I.— Case N 45.
1.
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
Habibnla Karimnla, who was a personal attendant of the late
Khanderao Gaekwar, states that he was favourably looked on by the late Gaek
war, who gave him money, jewels, clothes, houses, and a village; that immediately
on the late Gaekwar's death, all this property was attached by orders of the present
Gaekwar and eventually confiscated; that he himself was thrown into prison and
confined there many months; and that finally, on his release, he was cast out on
the world penniless.
2. 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 states in reply, that complainant was, on the
death of the late Gaekwar, sentenced to imprisonment for concealment of crimes
and other improper conduct; that as he belongs to the party which is inimical to
the present Maharaj, his services have been dispensed with, and his village and
allowances resumed; that the village which he alleges he bought has been attached
pending enquiry; that the houses and other property of which he says he has
been dispossessed, are Government property and not his; that his intimacy with
the late Bhao Sindia allowed him to misappropriate State property; and that
therefore his private property amounting to about Rs. 27,000, has been taken
possession of to satisfy State claims.
3. The Resident, in his final statement, urges that the reply 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).
is utterly unsatisfactory ; and placing apparently entire reliance on complainant's
statement, urges that nothing can justify the shameful treatment he has received,
and that he (the petitioner) "has good grounds for believing that he would have
shared the fate of Bhow Sindia, but for the accidental circumstance which pro
duced his release."
II. -— Case 46.
1. The next case which was fixed for hearing, was that of Chimnaji Laksh-
man Wagh, one of the followers of the late Khanderao Gaekwar. Qn the part of
the Gaekwar, however, 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).
Agents stated to the Resident, that this individual
was, in consequence of some palace intrigue in which the ladies of the palace
were mixed up, held in great detestation by the Gaekwar, who was very anxious
that he should not be examined by the Commission. And to this request, as the
man's grievance was like that of other servants of the late Gaekwar, the Resident
assented. The complainant therefore, by the desire of the Resident, was requested
to withdraw. In connection with this case, the Resident has quoted at length a
petition made by this individual, which will be found in the proper place.
HI.—Case 47.
1. The next case is that of Ghulam Kadir Karimula, brother of
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
Habibula, who states that he served the late Gaekwar Khanderao and was by him
liberally rewarded, receiving in perpetuity by sanad, a village, and other marks of
His Highness' favour ; that immediately on the death of Khanderao Gaekwar, all
the property granted to complainant by His Highness, as well as private property
otherwise acquired, was at once confiscated by the orders of the present Gaek-
a—45
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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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