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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [136r] (276/502)
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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With regard to the injury, it appears from the description roll of prisoners,
and the evidence of witnesses, that he had sustained it previous to his arrest.
The witnesses are the Police officers at the Station.
Colonel Shortt did not mention 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).
Agents, or write any yad 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).
that complainant's arm was broken in the jail.
A yad has been sent to Colonel Phayre 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).
stating that the
complainant had not been put in jail (" keid it thevila nohota"). This might
appear to be contradictory of our present statement, and we would suggest that
either a mistake was made at the time of writing that yad, or that there had
been a misunderstanding of the word "keid," which, strictly speaking, means
jail. " Chabutra" means a police guard-house, and it was in the " chabutra" he
was confined. That yad was written on the report of the Karkun Balvantrao
Pimplekar. He is the man mentioned above.
The Descriptive Register of Chabutra Prisoners is produced by 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).
Agent, and, on inspection by the Commission, is found to contain the usual re
cord of the complainant's committal on the 22nd April 1872. In the column of
<£ Description of the prisoners" is the remark in a separate line, "
is an injury." This line appears to the Commission to be written by a different
hand, and at a different time from the rest of the record in that column.
Further statement 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).
, made on the 17th December 1873, after
production and examination before the Commission of the Register of Prisoners
received in the chabutra.
The statement we made on the 13th instant, as to the injury to Sadak Ali 's
arm, when he was first admitted to the chabutra, was made on the strength of
a copy furnished to us by Karkun Wamanrao, but on seeing the original Register
of Prisoners received, and carefully examining the entry, are of opinion that
it is of so suspicious a character, that we desire to withdraw it as evidence.
We shall make an inquiry with respect to the apparent addition to the
entry. •
S chedule No. I. C ase No. 2. Seiad Sadak Ali. British subject.
2. Narsingh Bhavansingh, Rajput# 30 years,
Havaldar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
of Kali Tivri, states:—
I have known Sadak Ali for the last 15 years. Till his Karkhana was broken
up I was his servant. When he was imprisoned his arm was all right, sound
and uninjured. I did not see him when he came out of jail, and cannot say in
what condition he was when he was released. It is 2 or 2i| years since he was
imprisoned; perhaps 8, 10, or 12 months after Khanderao's death. His establish
ment was broken up some 10 months after Khanderao's death.
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).
Agents reserve cross-examination.
Recalled. —I do not know what was under Sadak Ali's sleeves. He used his
arm to lift up weights, &c., but whether it was broken or not I cannot tell.
S chedule N o . I. C ase No. 2. Seiad Sadak Ali. British subject.
3. Bhadarkhan Ismalkhan, Pathan, 32 years, Camel-driver of Raopura, in
Baroda, states :—I was one of Sadak Ali's camel drivers till 2 or 2| years ago, when
his contract was closed, and I was dismissed. He was imprisoned in the chabutra,
and 4 or 5 days afterwards his wife told me I was discharged. It was 2 months or
so after the Maharaj Kanderao's death that this happened. His arm was broken
by a camel biting it 2 years before in Ahmedabad. I did not see the camel do this
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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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