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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [148r] (300/502)
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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7.
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Sahib Mm Kamaludiis' Husein Khan, of Baroda, states:— I have
five villages Inam, and Es. 96,000 allowance annually from the Gaekwar's
Government. Ihis dates from 80 years back, and was given to my grandfather
Mir Nasrudin Husein by the Maharaja Govindrao, and has since been in the
continuous enjoyment oi my family. The allowance is for the pay of my establish
ment of sowars keep of horses and servants, &c. The pay of the sowars is about
48,000 annually, and this has been received punctually by them every month.
Out of this 27,000 goes monthly to the contingent sowars. The rest is for private
sowars. I have received my pay up to Sanvat 1927 (a.d. 1870) and the third year
of arrears is now current. I have refused to take my pay on three grounds :
1^.—Because in Sanvat 1915 (a.d. 1858) the Maharaj Khanderaoand others
came to Kapura where all the Sarclars were assembled at the camp of
the Pandare Sardars. I was very young at that time, and my uncle
Seiad Hamid-ula was my guardian. The Sardars represented that
their arms, &c., were old and useless, and that without good arms they
could not fight. The Maharaj told us that we might keep all the Go
vernment weapons we had and go to battle. The smaller Sardars re
quested us to ask the Maharaj to assure them that they would not be
reduced. The Maharaj promised us to do so, and on his word we as
sured the lesser Silledars. The matter then rested, but in last Posh
(January) some of the Silledars and Sardars came to me and informed
me they had been reduced. In consequence of this, I, the Pandare,
and other great Sardars consulted as to what we should do. We ar
ranged to inform the Maharaj of our grievance, and all went to the
Commander-in-Chief, Bapu Sahib. He is not now present. He told
us to inform the Dewan Sahib, Sivajirao Khanvelker, who told us the
Maharaj was making reductions. We then in a body gave a written
petition to the Maharaj himself, which we all signed. The Maharaj
said he would clear up matters. We then went to the Resident and
told him our tale. The Maharaj was persuaded by the Resident or
somehow induced to give orders for the payment in lull of those who
had no complaints : he settled some of the complaints, and some remain
ed over. He also directed that the lesser Silledars should be re
duced. Those who have complaints have not been settled with as yet,
but a promise has been made to enquire into their grievances. Neither
we nor the Pandare people nor other great Sardars got our grievances
settled at that time. We are now having our grievances enquired into
by the Maharaj.
The 2nd grievance is that the Saoli pargana belonging to me, and two Duma-
la villages in the Vagodhipargana, and one in the Baroda pargana are un
der attachment. We are now begging the Maharaj to remove the attach
ment. The attachment has lasted for four or five years, and has been on
account of my quarrel with the late Bhao Sindia. The late Gaekwar,
Khanderao, gave a verbal order before his death to have the attachment
raised, but died before it was done. I then petitioned Malharrao, and
he ordered enquiry to be made. In the last two or three months he
has been promising to have it removed, but he has not done so yet.
In the matter of the Saoli pargana, I have a Sanad from Seiaji Maharaj,
which I now produce before the Commissioners. The date of this is
about 1833-35, and I consider that it conveys to me the .Saoli pargana in
perpetuity free of service. The pargana was attached in Sanvat 1925 (a.d.
1868). There are 20 or 22 villages in it. The Gaekwar daily promises
enquiry into the matter. The pargana was attached for the same
reason as the villages named above, and Khanderao before his death
gave verbal orders for the raising of the attachment. He died before
his orders could be carried out.
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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.
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