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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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16
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1
SCHEDULE No. IT.—
Complaints of Baroda Subjects.
R emarks.
Written depositions of the following per
sons were sent up to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
together with the Fouzdar, Bulwimtrow
Yeshwunt :—
(1.) Tatha Poonakur, Commanding
the Police in Baroda.
(2.) Bunderow, Karkoon.
(3.) Nana Bheema, a sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. of Bui
wuntrow Yeshwunt
41 Case of the Wahiwutdar, Bulwuntrow
Trim buck, and his torture of a Brahmin
| woman named Beynee in the Cutcherry
at Visnagar in October 1873.
The only other case deserving of special notice is that of two
girls from Kattywar who were in the service of the late Gaek-
war's Ranee, Jumnabaee, and accompanied her to Poona,
It appears that two 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). men employed on this
work, Tattia Poonekur and Bunderow, who went to Poona
to escort the Eanee to her residence there, brought back the
Junaghur girls and three or four others as Lowndees. A refer-
ence was made 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). about the two Kattywar girls, on
behalf of their father in Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Yad No. 1835 of September
7th^ 1871 ; to this reference no reply was received till January
1873, when 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). declared that the girls had gone with
the late Ranee to Poona, whereas they were at that moment
in Baroda. 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). were again applied to in consequence
of a demand made for the girls by Mr. Peile, 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. 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). positively and persistently denied
that the girls were in Baroda, and sent up Tattia Poonekur
and Bunderao to the Resident, accompanied by the Dewan
and Bulwuntrow Yeswunt and Bapoobhai for the purpose of
giving him information on the subject. The Resident dis
tinctly asked each person what had become of the girls, and
they openly declared that they were not in Baroda but had
gone to Poona with Jumnabaee. The Resident believed the
men, supported as they were 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). , and was about
to write to Poona to have the girls sent at once to Baroda;
but as soon as 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). had left the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , a Karkoon
of the office who had gone to Poona with Jumnabaee declared
positively that the girls were at that moment in His High
ness' own household in the City. I accordingly informed
His Highness to that effect, when he said that if I could
point out the girls they would be given up. My Karkoon
and others went to the City and returned with the two girls
who have been made over to Mr. Peile for restoration to their
father:—
Thus in the first instance a lawful demand made by the Re
sident is evaded for nearly tw T o years; then a distinct denial is
given that the girls are in Baroda ; thirdly, this false statement
is supported by apparently false depositions, reiterated orally
in presence 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). to the Resident himself.
This case has been referred 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). , but no reply has yet
been received. The facts will be seen from the following state
ment.
Statement on solemn affirmation of Beynee, wife of Tooljaram
Motiram, a Yisnagar Brahmin, age about 25 years, resident
of Visnagar, His Highness the Gaekwar's territory :—
" I live in the town of Yisnagar, where there is a Wahiwutdar
named Bulwuntrow Trimbuck, About 8 or 10 days before
the Dewalee (10th instant), a young brother of mine, named
Bhoolia ^ Hurreeshunkur, aged about 12 years, came to seei^
from Bijapur, where my father resides. He came in the
evening and slept in my house. Next evening he went out,
and as he had not returned by ten o'clock, the folio wing
morning I went to my sister s house named Jurree., wife ol

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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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1 volume (249 folios)

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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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Reference: Mss Eur F126/78
Title: 'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:248v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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