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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [135v] (275/502)
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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Karkun to be sent up, and, after making an investigation, lie directed that the
frrears of Rs. 3,000, and all my property which had been confiscated shonld he
restored to me. I further claimed Bs. 7,000 as com ? ensation for the loss and
injury I had sustained, but the Assistant Eesident said he had no authority to
enquire into that, and directed me to go to the Resident. This all took place m
the presence of the Senapati's Karkun Balvantrao.
After the Assistant's order was passed, the Foujdar Balvantrao and Bapu
Sahib, (two of the Dnrbar's Agents now present), with two more persons, went to
the Resident, and informed him that the Maharaja was very much hurt and
annoyed at the order passed by the Assistant. The Resident told me this, and
ordered me to go away. I did so and came back in five or six days, when he told
me I was to get nothing at all. I then asked him for my petition and papers, and
was told he knew nothing about them.
Not long after this the Governor came to Ahmedabad, and I represented my
case to him, giving him a written petition, which he took to Bombay. During my
absence in Ahmedabad, my wife left my house in Baroda, taking with her
Rs. 2,000 of my property. She has not returned to me. When i came back to
Baroda, one girl and two boys, whom I had brought up from theii infancy,
represented to the Foujdar that I had beaten them, and were told they
mio-ht leave my house and protection if they chose to do so, which they
did. Hearing that I was to be re-arrested, I left Baroda, and went to
Bombay and Poona, where I lived for about six months. I then returned to the
camp here, and found that a " Rath " (chariot) of mine, for which I had given
Rs. 260, had been sold by auction by 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).
for Rs. 8. I have been
living in great poverty and distress since my return, and have made many com
plaints about my losses, but have as yet received no redress or compensation.
The witness being recalled, and asked to fix the periods as closely as he can,
at which the various events detailed by him occurred, states as follows :—
Seven months after Khanderao's death my property was attached:
Five or six months after my property was attached, I was imprisoned :
Six or seven days after I was imprisoned, my arm was broken :
Forty-two days after my arm was broken, I was released:
Three or four days after I was released, I petitioned the Resident:
Five or six months after I petitioned the Resident, the Assistant Resident
passed his order on my case :
Khanderao Maharaj died on 4th day of Ramzan, three years ago.
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).
reserve cross-examination.
Sadak Ali, recalled, states—Bhadarkhan Ismal Khan was never in my service.
He is in the Graekwar's employment. I called him as a witness to prove the fact
of my imprisonment. Every one in the city knew I had been sent to prison.
Reply 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).
.
Complainant is not a British subject. His stay previous to his arrest in Ba
roda was more than six months, and he thereby became a Gaekwari subject.
2. He owes about Rs. 400 to the State, to settle which, he was called by
Balvantrao Pimplekar, Karkun of the Khas paga, whom he treated impudently
and threatened to beat. He was therefore taken before Balvantrao Raholkar, the
Naib Dewan, by whom he was sent to the Foujdari, with a yadi to have liim
bound over to keep the peace. The security not being given, he was detained at
the Police Station, (Chabutra,) for 1 month and 20 days, when, on giving security,
he was released. He was not chained, nor handcuffed, nor treated in the manner
which he describes.
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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.
There is also an original sequence of foliation which consists of larger pencil numbers also in the top front right hand corner of folios, however the sequence is not consistent and some of the numbers may be filing references rather than foliation numbers.
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