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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [122r] (248/502)
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. III.—
Names of Claimants, &c.
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Second claim against the Gaekwar Go
vernment amounting to Rs. 13,300 for
loss sustained owing to the unjust at
tachment of the house and business
of Govurdhun Hurgovundass, the
partner of Anthabhai,
Petitioner represents that the loss of credit, banking profits, &c.,
which he has sustained between 1924 and the latter part of
1929 by the arbitrary stoppage of his business in five shops at
Baroda and with his partners at Bombay and Ahmedabad,
amounts to about Rs. 74,500, which he claims as compensation
from the Gaekwar Government over and above the
Rs. 60,750-0-9 worth of actual property seized by Govern
ment officials. He has been a British subject since Septem
ber 1869^ a certificate to which effect he holds from the Senior
Magistrate of Police^ Bombay.
Amthabhai and his partner Goverdhun are also partners in the
Bombay firm of Chimanbhai Maniklal, in which house Bul-
wuntrao Roholkur some time ago deposited Rs. 70,001, at
interest, a receipt for which amount had been duly passed to
him by the firm.
Early in the present year^ His Highness Maharajah Mulharrao
demanded the surrender of this amount by this firm, in reply to
which the petitioners promised to pay the said Rs. 70,000 if a
receipt for the same were furnished to them from Roholkur
himself. In consequence of their having made this reason
able request^ their shop and house were at once seized, their
business stopped, and Govurdhun's family was at first turned
out of the house^ but was afterwards allowed the use of one
room. Petitioners were themselves absent in Bombay but
their Goomastas were imprisoned.
On this case being reported to the present Resident about April
this year^ the Minister was moved to obtain the receipt by
the firm to Rohulkur, which was done ; upon which the Bombay
firm immediately paid the Rs, 70,000 to the Baroda State,
which it is submitted they could not have done in the manner
arbitrarily demanded by the Gaekwar without running the
risk of having to pay the amount a second time to Rohulkur
himself had he been allowed to retain the original receipt.
Petitioners therefore submit that as they committed no fault
whatever in this matter, they are entitled to compensation
from the Gaekwar Government for the unjust stoppage of
their business, &c., as described above, the damage sustained
being estimated by them at Rs. 13,300.
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The case of the old established iirm
Huree Bhugtee, No. 37, of Schedule II.,
is submitted as affording evidence of
the insecurity of bankers at Baroda
under the present administration.
;t is submitted that the same arguments used with regard to
the previous three cases of this schedule, setting forth the
necessity that exists under the present system of administration
for protecting the interests of British subjects^ banking and
trading with Baroda, are applicable to the cases of Amthabhai
Runchode and his partner Govurdh an, herein .described. Under
a proper system of Government, no such extraordinary mea
sures would be requisite; indeed, as a rule, native princes are
most particular in protecting the commercial and banking
interests within their respective spheres of power, and there
fore the case of Baroda is exceptional and attributable to the
alleged anarchy that now prevails.
Jase of Balwuntrao Gunesh, Mahadeorao The services rendered to the Gaekwar State by the late Dewan
Gunesh, Rumchunder Gunesh^ the sons Gunesh Sudashiv were of the most distinguished character for
a number of years extending from the time of Syajeerao to
of Gunesh Sudashiv, late Minister of the
Gaekwar State, from the time of Maha
rajah Syajeerao to 1861.
Sumvut 1918 (1861),
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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.
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