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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [129r] (262/502)
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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85
SCHEDULE No. III.— continued.
Khetablaai, becoming alarmed at this state of affairs, and fearing
lest his co-sharers should complain against him^ forged a
bond purporting to be signed by the three first-named sharers
for Es. 16,000^ which he alleged had been given by them
in part payment of the abovementioned fraudulent transac
tion; he also at the same time raised a fictitious dispute
about certain land, and on these grounds refused to pay the
first-named sharers their share of the produce.
Up to the present day, the alleged bond for Us, 16^000 has
never been shown to the three sharers aforesaid.
One of them, Purtapsingjee^ represented the above circum
stances to the Wywutdar of Umreili^ who immediately at
tached the village of Manpur on behalf of the Baroda Go
vernment, the produce of the village being deposited with
the Shahookar, and. on the 13th of the month of Aso-Wady,
Sumvut 1928;, the Wywutdar passed his decision on the
matter, a copy whereof is annexed.
According to this decision the three first sharers went to
receive their shares of the produce of Manpur, when Ketabhai
having collected about 50 persons 'came to prevent their
doing so„ and at the same time preferred a false complain to
the Fouzdar that one of his servants had burnt a stack of
hay. Up to the present time the matter has not been
settled.
The three first-named sharers then proceeded to Baroda on
the 5th Poosh Vudya, Sumvut 1928, and reported the matter
to the Hoozo©r_, whereupon an order was issued to the
Wywutdar to continue the attachment as before.
On the 11th of Falgan Vudya, Sumvut 1929, the three peti
tioners again represented the case to the Hoozoor, when an
order was issued to the Sir Sooba, Hariba Gaekwar, that the
attachment should remain in force pending the settlement of
the case; but Khetabhai won over Narayenbhai^ the Kamdar
of the Sir Sooba, to his side, by means of a bribe, and con
sequently Narayenbhai suppressed the report of the three
petitioners and urged Khetabhai to petition the Hoozoor that
the attachment might be removed. This petition went to the
Hoozoor Kambar, Bulvuntrao Deo {the former Wywutdar of
Umreili); consequently they decided that until the three
petitioners proved that Government land had been taken by
giving a bribe, the estates should not be under attachment.
They therefore removed the attachment, and thus having
fallen into the hands of their enemies, who became their
judges, they have been unjustly deprived of their rights up to
the present moment.
If your Highness will now read Vullee Tar's statement here
with attached, you will see how this unfortunately notorious
case stands at the present moment, and T trust you will order
its being inquired into and settled by an impartial tribunal.
No reply has been received 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).
to this yad.
Statement of Vallee Tar:—
For the last eight yea-rs I have served as Vakeel and Kamdar
for the three Moolgirasias of Ruttunpur^ in the Umreili
Purgunna, Kattiawar. My father filled this office before me.
I arrived in Baroda last March in order to represent to 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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