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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [87v] (179/502)
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
SCHEDULE No. I.
Bbitish Subjects.
Motilal Samuldass, the representative
the old guaranteed banking firm of
Sarnul Bechur, Bankers of Ahmedabad
and Baroda, Motilal himself being
resident of Ahmedabad.
of Transferred to Schedule III. by order of the Commission.-
Case No. 1 of that Schedule..
Bhanabhai Lalbhai, Balsar, in the Sural
Zillah.
Claims of Dulpa Prema, of Surat.
,t Transferred to Schedule III. as above.— Vide Case No. 7 ,
that Schedule.
Syud Saduk Ali, of Ahmedabad, em
ployed as a camel contractor under
the Gaekwar Government from the year
1862 to 1871.
Nuthwa Tisla Chambar, a Mahikanta sub
ject, under British protection.
Dowlutchund Juverchund, of Ahmedabad.
Bulwuntrow Gunesh, son of the late Dewan
Gunesh Sudashiv, of Baroda.
Transferred to Schedule III. as above.
This is a case in which the petitioner, a British subject, in partner-
ship withtwoBaroda subjects, farmed one of the Baroda Mahals.
In connection with other cases of a similar kind, it shows tke
evils of the farming system, the existence of which has been
officially denied. It shows how farmers pay exorbitant bribes
for their places, and then have to reimburse themselves froi
the ryots. The efforts to suppress the case are worthy of notice.
Saduk Ali claims compensation for the loss of his right arm
by torture, and also compensation for the loss of propeIty 1 ,
owing to unjust treatment of the Gaekwar Govemnaent,
Referred to in Resident's letter to Government, No. 144—756 of
1873, dated 18th of August 1873, and in His Excellency the
Viceroy's letter No. 2207 P of 19th September 1873, para. 6.;
Transferred by order of the Commission.—Case No. 2,
Schedule III.
Transferred by order of the Commission.— Case No. 5,
Schedule III.
Amtha Runchod, Banker, Bombay, Baroda,
and Ahmedabad.
9 Case of Maniklall Vithul, goldsmith of
Ahmedabad, convicted of writing a
defamatory letter concerning H. H. the
Maharajah.
Evidence
1. Maniklall Vithul.
2. His brother, Nanjee Vithul
8. His mother, Bai Judav.
Transferred by order of the Commission.—Fidle Case No. I-
Schedule III.
The facts of this case are as follows :—On August 4th 1873 a
petition was received from one Jurao, widow of Vithul Pana-
chund, saying that her son named Maniklall Vithul, a Britisk
subject and an inhabitant of Ahmedabad, who had come to
Baroda for trading purposes, had been thrown into prison in
Baroda on a false charge. The petition was accompanied DJ
documents purporting to show that Maniklall Vithul was a
British subject as alleged, and that he owned house property
in Ahmedabad. A reference was thereupon made to tne
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 a reply was received denying that Manik
Vithul was a British subject, and forwarding depositions p®
porting to prove that Maniklall Vithul was not a British W
a Baroda subject. The petitioner was thereupon ( | liece
to prove by further evidence that Maniklall Vithul was
British subject as alleged in her petition. Eight deposiW
recorded by the Police Inspector of Ahmedabad were
warded to the Resident by the District Magistrate of
abad, purporting to show that Maniklall Vithul was
subject as alleged. A further reference was therefore
to 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 all the papers in Maniklall s case^ 1
called for. The proceedings in the case were produced 0 1
the Resident on August 30th 1873, and Maniklall fl ab i
leased on bail pending further inquiry. Maniklall has ^
at large on bail up to the present time. It appe ars j
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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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