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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [141r] (286/502)
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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been made to pay money for his release. I was told that lie would give liis deposi
tion at Baroda and return home. I then returned to my house. As my
son did not return for 10 days, I went to Jivabhai at Atarsumba, when
he told me to come to Baroda, where he himself was going the next day,
and that he would procure my son's release. I came to "Baroda and stayed
there 10 days, but could not find Jivabhai, nor could I obtain any clue as
to my son. So I left Baroda for my village and got down at the Nariad
Nai jad, in British territory. Railway Station. I saw Jivabhai there and related
to him what had happened; he said that if I want
ed to have my son released, I should give a further sum of Rs. 300; as it
was a Gaekwari concern, that further sum will be required. On this I paid
him Rs. 20 which T had with me for current expenses, and got Ohamadia Mulia, of
Nariad, to promise to Jivabhai to pay the remaining sum of Rs, 280. As Jiva
bhai had no confidence in Mulia, the latter gave as security a Patidar of Nariad,
whose name I do not know. In this way I arranged to have Rs. 300 paid to
Jivabhai and returned home. I waited for 3 months, but Jivabhai did n ot procure
at > on p.i, - d oaa Iri y son's release and misappropriated themonev;*
*Rs. 20 of the Rs. 300. , -i' n t n i • -i . ^ t-» • -i ,
tneretore 1 have complained to the Resident.
Dated ISth August 1873."
5. This evidence is supported by four Mahikanta subjects with regard to the
bribery of the Vahivatdars and other points. It is unnecessary to quote it here.
6. With regard to the allegations 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).
as set forth in (c) and (/)
above, the following are true copies of Resident's yads 1686 and 1704 therein
referred to, from which it will be seen on what grounds the Resident required the
release of a Mahikanta subject who had in reality been punished for his alleged
crime of defiling the temple by a fine of Ra. 200 imposed by the Atarsamba
Vahivatdars, Desaibhai and others, who, not wishing to credit that amount to the
State, took illegal bail from a Mahikanta subject, and subsequently, instead of
obtaining his extradition in the usual way, had him brought from Mahikanta
territory by a Baroda subject and thrown into the Baroda jail, the whole proceeding
being utterly illegal and contrary to treaty.
7. The Resident's letters are as follows :—
" Translation of Yad to
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. 1686, dated 26th July 1873.
Your Highness,
I beg herewith to forward the petition of Chamar Tisla Grovinda, of Punadra,
in the Mahikanta, presented this day, from which you will see that Nathuva, the
son of the petitioner, went with a bundle as " Begari" on the occasion of the last
Shivratri fair at the temple of Antkant Mahadeo, in the month of Magh last; he
was charged by the Vahivatdar of Atarsumba with the offence of having entered
the temple, and was much beaten and imprisoned. The Vahivatdar demanded
Rs. 200 for his release from the petitioner,* which the
Ftz., Nathuva s fat er. latter paid and procured Nafchuva's release. Some
months subsequently, Nathuva was sent for by the Foujclar of Atarsumba and for
warded to Baroda. A sum of Rs. 300 was again demanded from him (petitioner).
Of this he paid Rs, 200 and gave security for the remainder, but the boy is no
where to be found at Baroda, and the petitioner prays for his release.
Your Highness will learn these circumstances from the petition.
tioner and his v Kindly have the
abOTeTrr 0 " 13 ' 11 '' 8 assertl0n in matter enquired into soon and let me know the result.
The accompaniment to be returned.
Dated 26th July 1873.
P.S.-—The petitioner's son, who is in confinement, may be sent here the day
after to-morrow, and the petition to be also returned.—Dated as above."
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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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