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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [105v] (215/502)
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—
that it might be read. Bulwuntrao Yeshwunt refused and
threatened me with torture if I did not sign. Under this
compulsion I signed. On the third occasion also my signature
was taken under similar circumstances. On another occasion
my signature was forcibly taken by Narayenbhai Laloobhia.
In June 1871 Bulwuntrao Yeshwunt became Fouzdar, and lie
ordered me to be put in irons and taken to jail. I remained
in jail for nearly 3| months. I have never been tried for any
offence, nor questioned by any one except on the occasions
abovementioned. My release was procured in September 1871,
my son-in-law Motilal Ruvchund having paid_ Es. 15,000
I then went to live in Ahmedabad and was forbidden to go
to Baroda. Owing to my imprisonment and to the subsequent
prohibition against my entering Baroda, I have suffered
very serious loss. I have been imprisoned without any charge
whatever through the enmity of the four following members
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).
:—
Bulwuntrao Yeshwunt.
Nanajee Yeshwunt.
Hariba Dada.
Narayenbhai.
" I claim 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).
compensation as follows:—
Rs. 15,000, the sum paid for my release by my son-in-law;
Rs, 5,000, for false imprisonment and other injury ; Rs. 20,000,
for outstanding debts unrecovered in consequence of my ex
pulsion from Baroda; personal property confiscated 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).
, Rs. 5,000."
51 Case of Luxmibai, widow of the late The statement of the petitioner is as follows :—
Mulharba Sheik ee, |
My late husband was a confidential servant of the late Maharajah
Khunderao. He was possessed of considerable property
amounting to Rs. 1^26,000, including immoveable property
and one inam village, as per list annexed. He had been in
the service of the Gaekwar in a confidential position for
upwards of 40 years. About a month after Khunderao died,
my husband was arrested in connection with an alleged attempt
to burn down the Havelee. When my husband was imprison
ed an attachment was placed on the house, aod I was not
allowed to leave it. About one month after I was so confined,
all my husband's property was taken away, and I was left
without anything, except a few maunds of grain. Five
months subsequently I was turned out of my house, which is
given to Damodur Punth. He is now in possession of my
house. About nine months after my husband was imprisoned,
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.
came to me and told me that my husband was dead,
and that I was to come and take my husband's body away.
I followed the
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.
and found the body just outside the jail.
I asked no questions but took the body away. The colour of
the body was changed^ and there was a most offensive smell.
From the change of colour and from the offensive smell both
I and all my relations believed that death had not occurred
from natural causes. Since my husband's death I am left
utterly destitute. I ha^ e no means of support. I pray that
justice may be done to me for my husband's wrongful impri'
sonment, and that my husband's property may be restored to me. |
52 Case of Bhagirathee,
Gunoo Waoh.
wife of the late
The statement of the petitioner is as follows:—
My husband was a confidential servant of the late Maharajah
Kaunderao. He served about 30 years in the service of the
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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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