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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [126v] (257/502)
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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80
SCHEDULE No. III.—
No.
Karnes of Claimants, &c.
General circumstances of eacli case.
Case of Jetaram Oojanram, of Pxittun, on
behalf of his brother Futteram, late
Fouzdar of Puttun, illustrating the
nature of the nuzerana system and
sale of judicial appointments.
\ide also case of Jetabhai Dulla-
bhai No.
„ Case of Dulput Prema ... No.
„ Case of Wussoodee Shivram No.
was in January 1865. In February 1867 the complainant
went himself to Baroda and petitioned Colonel Barr^ stating
his claims for the first time at Rs. 2,65,700. No satisfaction
having been obtained at Baroda, he petitioned His Excellency
the Governor in August 1868, and in November of that year
Mr. Hope thus wrote on the subject to the Resident, Colonel
Barr: "I have on several occasions conversed regarding
Bhanabhai's case with both Major Prescott and Mr. Rogers,
who were personally acquainted with it, anxl have not the
slightest doubt of the truth of his claim, and of his having
been corruptly defrauded of his just dues by the Gaekwar
officials, &c., &c., &c. ,,
From that time to the present the whole matter has been sub
ject of reference to and from Government. In their Resolu
tion No. 9, dated 5th January 1870, the following resolution
was issued para. 1 : " The Resident should be informed that
it would seem clear from the inquiries which have been made
that the claim of the petitioner is not without some substan
tial foundation. That he should consequently exert his influ
ence to procure a satisfactory settlement, and remonstrate
strongly if any further evasion is attempted on the part 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).
, the fact whether any stones were ordered and
supplied should be ascertained from the
Durbars
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).
' records, and
the object of requiring the petitioner to go to Nowsari to
point out the stones which he had given to the ryots is not
apparent/' (A report on the whole case by Mr. Hope accom
panies this Resolution.)
In January of the present year the Government after further
correspondence passed the following Resolution, No. 460, 23rd
January 1873 :—
" The Acting Resident should be directed to bring petitioner's
claim to the notice of His Highness the present Gaekwar, under
whose consideration the subject his not yet apparently been
brought, and to state that Government consider that it is
undoubted that petitioner did supply stones to the ryots
on 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).
's account, and that he is entitled to proper
remuneration, and that Government trust His Highness will
order an equitable settlement to be made."
The petitioner's statement in the case is as follows:—
I practice as a Vakeel in 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).
Courts. My bother Fut-
teram was Fouzdar of Puttun. He has recently been
convicted of torturing certain people, and has been sentenced
by the Baroda Foujdar to imprisonment. My brother Fut
teram obtained the appointment of Foujdar of Puttun in
April last. He had to expend Rs.. 7,000 to obtain this
appointment, namely Rs. 4,000 as nuzerana to H. H. the
Maharajah and the rest as a bribe to Bulwuntrow Yeshwunt and
the Minister. I and my brother both paid the total sum of
Rs. 7,000 in May last to Bulwuntrow Yeshwunt at his house.
The latter was alone. I produce an original order 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).
signed by Bulwuntrow Yeshwunt, No. 498, dated
Veishak Shud 7th, Sumvut 1929, being a receipt for Rs. 3,000
credited in His Highness' accounts as nuzerana. I also pro
duce copy of similar receipt of the same date for Rs. 1,000
in the name of Jorabhai Huisrubjee, of Puttun, from whom
we borrow^ ^ that sum.
(Signiture of deponent.)
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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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