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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [141v] (287/502)
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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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. 1704, dated 28t]i July 1873.
" I have sent 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).
, yad No. 1686, dated the 26th July 1873, re
questing that Nathuva, Chamar of the village of Punadra, in the Mahikanta, who
has been imprisoned by the Vahivatdar of Atarsnmba, may be sent up to the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
. The said Nathuva's father, Tisla Govinda, appeared before me this
day and represented as follows :—
" My son was without reason charged by the Vahivatdar of Atarsumba
with having entered the temple of Mahadev about 5 months ago; he was beaten
and imprisoned. Subsequently, Yahivatdar Yalabhbhai, &c., residents of Petlad,
who had farmed the Atarsumba Mahal, demanded from me Rs. 200 for the boy's
release. I gave the amount, having sold my cattle and borrowed the remainder from
a
Bania
Merchant of Indian extraction.
and from some people of my caste. The boy was then released and returned
home. Some days subsequently the boy
and again imprisoned and taken toBaroda. The Yahivatdar, &c., then entered
into a negociation with regard to this matter and demanded a further sum of Rs. 300 ;
a part payment of Rs. 20 was made to him at Nariad, and security was given for
the remainder. Still the boy has not been released from imprisonment. Of the
sum of Rs. 200 first paid, only Rs. 8 appear in the G-overnment Records."
When this statement was made by the petitioner, the minister, Sivajirao Khan-
velkar was present. The action of the Yahivatdar in having received money from
a person of the petitioner's position is a (great) piece of injustice, and should be
fully enquired into. I have said so to the minister. The prisoner is a subject
of the Mahikanta, and it appears that he is undergoing sentence for having
entered a temple; it is necessary for me to see what sentence he has received,
because I find as follows on a reference to the Government order JSTo. 3900, dated
18th September 1849, with regard to accused persons belonging to the Mulukgiri
Districts : —
Is^. If an
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
subject commits an offence in the G-aekwar limits and a
demand is made (for his surrender), a pr case should be submitted, and
the Resident should be satisfied with it.
2nd. The surrender will be made if the Gaekwar Government award sen
tence agreeably to the laws of the British Government.
3rd When a sentence is passed, it is to be carried into effect after the Resi
dent has seen all the papers of the case and approves of the sentence.
Under these circumstances, it was advisable, if the accused was to be im
prisoned, that a, prima facie case should first have been submitted. This was not
done, nor was any intimation given to me or the
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.
, Mahikanta, as it
was necessary to do. What is the reason of this ? If the man has been sen
tenced, all the papers in his case may he so that they may
be looked into (or an enquiry made).
Dated 28th July 1873.
These reasonable requests were never complied with; in fact there were no
proceedings, it is believed,
8. The original seizure of Nathuva Tisla (a Mahikanta subject) in order to
extort money, the bribe of Rs. 200, the release on bail, the re-arrest in Mahikanta
limits, the imprisonment without enquiry or trial, and the present 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).
, are points which would have been established had the personal presence
of Nathuva Tisla not been considered essentially necessary by the Commission.
A reference has been made to Major LeGeyt, the
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.
, Mahikanta, to
enquire whether Nathuva Tisla is really in the dangerous state described, but
as yet no reply has been received.
9. It is important also to record here what was brought to notice in one of
the accompaniments to the Administration Report for 1872-73, viz., that the
Yahivatdar Yalabhbhai, who is said to have demanded this bribe, farmed 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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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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