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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [124r] (252/502)
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.—
General circumstances of each case.
other shareholders in the village borrowed the sum of
; Rs. 10,000 from Dwarkadass Lulloobhai, the Manager of the
firm of Warusdass Wittnldass, in Surat, and a bond was exe
cuted, I have no copy of that bond; the money was borrowed
to clear off old debts and to meet the expenses of a dispute
that was going on between the sharers and one Jugga
Amra. One Kooverjee Doolub was at that time farmer of
the Mahals of XJntapur and Bissunpur, in Nowsari, and
the aforesaid Dwarkadass was the security of Kooverjee
whose farm was for nine years certain from 1922; and the
terms were that if the management were taken out of Koo
verjee s hands before the expiration of the above period, he
was to be reimbursed for bis loss. In 1923 the manage
ment was taken away from him, and not only was he not
reimbursed for his losses, but it was stated that about
Rs. 84,000 was due by him to the Gaekwar Government for
arrears of revenue. Kooverjee's security, Dwarkadass, being in
Surat, they could not touch him, so the Sooba, Narayen
Rugonath, came upon me and desired me to pay to him, what
I and my fellow-sharers owed to Dwarkadass. I said that I
had passed a bond to Dwarkadass, and that if he came with
the bond, we would pay the amount to him. Upon this
Narayen Ragonath attached the whole village which was
under my management: this was in Sumvut 1924. I went to
Narayen Rugonath and represented the injustice of the case.
Moreover, at that time Kooverjee Doolub was in prison on
this same account. Narayen Rugonath said that he would
raise the attachment, if I stood security for the payment of
any sum that may on inquiry be found due by Kooveijee.
1 refused to stand security
Rugonath threatened to imprison In this helpless condi
tion I signed the security bond ; Koveerjee was thereupon
released and attachment raised from the village. No inquiry
was then made as to the arrears alleged to be due by Koover
jee. Bulwuntrow Yeshwunt became Sooba at the end
of Sumvut 1924 and continued there till Sumvut 1925.
Bulwuntrow Yeshwunt caused no annoyance to myself or to
Kooverjee. But the Sk Sooba of the Mahals, Hurriha
Gaekwar, sent for Kooveijee to Baroda, and imprisoned him
for the alleged arrears of revenue in Kartig, Sumvut 1925. He
remained in confinement for three years, and was then releas
ed on bail. Up to that time no demand of any kind was made
on him by any of the Soobas who succeeded Narayen Rugo
nath, viz., Bulwuntrow Yeshwunt, Goolam Kadur Moonshee
and Gopal Myral. In Sumvut 1928, Sevajeerow Khunvelker
alias Nana Shib, became Sooba of Nowsari, and sent
Narayen Rugonath as his Deputy; and as the ktter had feel
ings of enmity against me, he revived the old question of my
security for Kooverjee and attached my house and crops;
this was in October last year. Within the last few months
this Narayen Ragonath has himself became Sooba, though
the real power as such remains in the Minister's hands. The
cause of Narayen Ragonath's enmity against me as is follows:—
In Bhow Scindia's time (1925) Kooverjee made a complaint
to the Gaekwar Government 'that Narayen Ragonath had
taken bribes, and amongst others one of Rs. 8,000 from me ;
this was proved by the account books, and he was removed
I from Nowsari to Puttun. The other reason why Narayen
j Rugonath has now gone against me, and attached my pro
perty is, that our opponent, Jugga, moved Narayen Rago
nath to revive the question of my security and thus ruin
j me. This he himself gave out. The crops were sold by
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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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