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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [92r] (188/502)
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. 11. — continue
Complaints of Baroda Subjects.
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7. Patel and Ryots of Mungusur.
8. Patel and Ryots of Verole.
9. Patels and Ryots of Nizampura.
10. Patels and Ryots of Kurcheya.
11. Patels and Ryots of Undeyra.
12. Patels and Ryots of Wurnamah and
twenty other villages of the Baroda
Pergunnah.
13. Patels and Ryots of Dusnit.
14. Patels and Ryots of Khanpura.
15. Patels and Ryots of Dumar.
Complain of over-taxation and false measurement of land^ in
consequence of which they deserted the village ; but returned
under the assurance that a fair assessment only w^uld be
levied from them. This promise has not been fulfilled.
Complain that they have to pay assessment on waste lands con
trary to the custom of their village.
Complain of excessive over-taxation and of the imposition of the
Gadi Nuzerana.
Complain as in case No. 9.
Complain that during the last two years the assessment has been
excessive—and that unauthorized amounts in excess are
levied.
Complain that the arrangements entered into in August regarding
the deer have not relieved them from the ravages committed
by those animals ; and that in consequence they are unable
to pay the assessment in addition to Gadi Nuzerana, &c., &c.
Complain of excessive assessment and of general insecurity of
property.
Complain that the Inamdar, Mookoondrow Mama, demands an
excessive assessment which it is beyond their power to pay.
16. Patels of Dhurapur.
17. Patels and Ryots of Gotri.
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19. Mooljee Koojerdas, Patel^ and others
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others of Dandi
Complain that the assessment of the land is very high, and con
sequently that the Gadi Nuzerana in addition is ruinous to
them. Also that for four months theMahrajahs elephants cause
damage to their fields, &c. Inam Committee tax, loss of service
allowance, resumption of Wanta lands, &g., are also subjects
of complant.
Complain that they have been called upon to pay a Nuzerana
nearly equal to half the land assessment, that Wanta lands
have been resumed, and that they have been deprived of their
crops.
Petitioners complain that in the year Sumvut 1918 ( a.d . 1861-62)
the assessment was fixed at the rate of Rs. 6-8-0 per Koomba
and a ten years' settlement was then made. In the year
Sumvut 1925 ( a .d . 1868-69) the assessment was raised to
Rs. 9-8-0 per Koomba in breach of the original settlement.
Petitioners also complain of the Gadi Nuzerana cess amount
ing to Rs. 1,500 on Government land and 40 per cent, on
Salamee land. The Inam Commission Tax which had been
remitted by His Highness Khunderow was again imposed in
Sumvut 1928 ( a.d . 1871-72) and was levied retrospectively
from Sumvut 1925. The service allowance to Patels has been
decreased from Rs. 125, the original amount, to Rs. 70. A
special cess of Rs. 225 levied from this village for an entertain
ment given by Bulwuntrow Rahoorkur to the Mahrajah is also
complained of.
18. Patel Mandass Govind and others of Petitioners complain that in Sumvut 1922 ( a.d . 1865-66) a sum
of Rs. 301 over and above the fixed assessment was forcibly
levied from them. In the year Sumvut 1925 a similar ex
action of Rs. 301 was again made. In Sumvut 1928-29 a Gadi
Nuzerana amounting to Rs. 1,601 was levied. In year Sum
vut 1925-26 a further sum of Rs. 166 was wrongly levied.
Petitioners complain that in Sumwut 1923 the assessment was
raised from Rs. 6 to 11 per Koomba on Government land and
from Rs. 1 to 7-8 on service land, and Rs. 4 to 6 on Salamee
and Vechania land. In consequence of these exactions some
persons have been obliged to leave the village.
20. Petition of Nagjee Jubhai, Patel, and Petitioners complain that their assessment has been syste-
' " matically raised, and that it is now Rs. 9-8 per Koomba,
which is more than they can pay. They complain also of the
levy of 25 per cent, as Gadi Nuzerana and of the Inam Com
mission tax.
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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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