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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [127v] (259/502)
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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82
SCHEDULE No. III.—
General circumstances of each case.
Case of Bulwuntrao Luxmon, Sayer Con
tractor of Jerode.
Compare preceding cases.
this and said that I had the Mahal for five years certain^ and
that if this was insisted on^ the Sookree I had paid should
be returned to me. I often waited on Nana Saheb, but
could not see him except once or twice, when I received an
unsatisfactory reply. That Karkoon was never recalled
The sum total of my claims against the Minister and Baroda
Government are as follows :—
Hs.
Sookree paid to Nana Saheb 8 000
Interest on ditto
Security expenses for two years 40()
Compensation for loss of pay for unexpired
portion of contract 4 qqq
^ , . Total 7 ,850
Deduct received from farmed villages of
Sumra and Sumri 255
Balance due......Us.
The particulars of this case are fully shown in the following
Yad addressed 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).
No. 2463 of October 16tli, 1873.
Y oue H ighness ,—In my Yad No. 2140 of 12th ultimo, I
represented the case of Bulwuntrow Luximon, namely, that
he had been deprived of a sayer contract of the villages of
Jerode and Waghoria before the term of his contract had
expired, and requested Your Highness to do him justice. In
reply to this, your No. 2044 of September 28th with ac
companiments was received, and it was stated therein that the
reason for discontinuing the contract was that the former
had not furnished the required security within the period
fixed upon in the agreement, namely, June 24th, 1873, the
contract itself having been sold to petitioner on May 27th,
, f or ®' s, 1^600, and this sale having been confirmed on
the 7th of June 1873. The petitioner signed a document
agreeing to produce tho security by the evening of June 24th,
A\ith a stipulation that if he did not do so the contract might
i " S T He did uot furnish the security until August 1st
^ hen ^ was duly accepted by the Wywutdar under
orders fromthe Sir Sooba, Hurriba Gaekwar himself. More-
?' v ei '.' ai1 0 ™er was addressed to the petitioner, Bulwuntrow
Luximon, dated August 2nd, and also to the Karkoon in charge
ot the bayer Revenue duties that he should take charge.
Moreover agreement was taken from him, dated July 21st,
,-i 0 .' c ° n , ririm S the contract on him for one year, and fixing
the instalments which he was to pay. Thus the petitioner
was installed into the office of the contractor by the
ir 1 oo aimself; and the original agreement regarding the
pro uc ion o security by June 24th was cancelled by subse
quent proceedings 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 above
is e pe i loner s case as proved by documents now in his
possession copies of which are annexed. Notwithstanding
the above statement of facts, the action taken by the
oo a, urnba Gaekwar, is as follows:—He produces a
i ' cute 23rd July, only two days subsequent to the
• , .agreement made with the petitioner. This document
■, e ec that as the petitioner failed to provide secu-
w Recording to the original agreement of June he had
rfeited his right to the contract. The petitioner denies
having ever received this order ; but it will be clear to Your
Highness that even had he received it, it was cancelled by
SL? own arrai igements of August 1st and 2nd, I
i e petitmner to take charge and accepting his
P i , an therefore that the production of this document
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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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