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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874'

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Ref: Mss Eur F126/78

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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I had a third grievance about two sums of Hs. 10,000 and Rs. 3,000, but
they are settled now and I have no grievance remaining about them.
Cross-examined hy Gaekwar's Agent: —The Silledars were servants, old
servants of the Gaekwar. I do not know if any of the Silledars were actually
reduced or not.
The Gaekwar's Agents admit the genuineness of the signatures and. seal of
the Sanad on Haghunath Pandurang Kamdar, stating that they are genuine.
Answer 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). to Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. 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 Kamaludin (Statement No.
1st —The Sanad is not a sanad but an annual lease or farm contract and
mentions the sum for which the lease or farm was granted, and the
disbursements to be made were entered therein ; similar documents were
passed in previous years for certain periods from time to time.
On the resumption of Saoli pargana the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. received Rs. 10,000 annually,
not as of right, but as an exercise of favour by the Gaekwar.
2nd. —The Dumala villages were not Inam, but Government granted to him
in lieu of a portion of an annual allowance assigned for Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. 's service.
Their proceeds were subject to an annual adjustment between him and
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). .
If the proceeds exceeded the value of the amount they represented, the
excess was recovered by a corresponding reduction in the rest of the
cash allowances.
3rd. —As to the assurance given at Kapura by Khanderao, 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). has
no knowledge of the alleged assurance conveyed by him to the lesser
Sardars. Had such been given, there would have been a record of it,
which is not the case.
The original Sanad acknowledged to be genuine of a.d . 1818, together with
the subsequent one of a.d . 1833-5, having been placed before the Commission and
read by them, seemed, so far as they were able to judge, to bear out generally the
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). .
8. Mir Ibrahim Ali Mir Akbar Alikhan , of Baroda , states :— I have an
Inam village Gotia—Rs. 14,000 or 15,000. It was first conferred on my grand
father on the recommendation of the English Government. The name of my
grandfather was Mir Sarfaraz Ali Khan. I cannot tell in what year, but it was
in the time of Anandrao Gaekwar. My former allowances from the Gaekwar's
Government amounted to Rs. 32,000 or thereabouts. Out of this there was a
monthly sum of Rs. 800 or thereabouts for the pay of sowars now belonging to
the contingent. They have been in the contingent for the last 10 years. Before
this they were Silledar sowars under me. These sowars have received their
pay monthly up to date. The balance of the Rs. 32,000 was for the support of my
establishment, and for my service. Of the balance of the Rs. 32,000 I have only,
since 1863, received a sum of Rs. 15,000 for the expenses of my marriage. 1
have heard that the balance has been paid annually by the Gaekwar's Government
to a Sahukar, but I have received none myself, and I have never given any receipt
for the money. The reason of the balance of the allowance being paid as above
was that my father having died during the lifetime of my grandfather, my uncle,
Mir Jafir Ali, conducted my affairs as my guardian for one year. At the expiry
of that time the Gaekwar, Khanderao, transferred my ser vice, estates and rights
to another uncle, Mir Bakr Ali. This was in 1860, and I was at that time a boy
of 12 or 13 years of age. This arrangement lasted till 1862, when on my applica
tion to Sir Bartle Frere and his recommendation of me to the Gaekwar, I was re-in-
stated in my father's property, &c., with additions of establishment which made
up the whole to Rs. 40,000. The horses, elephants, &c., however, remained with
Mir Bakr Ali. Some six months after that a false telegram was sent to the
Government that Mir Jafir Ali was going to England on behalf of Malharrao.
Upon this Khunderao Maharaj summoned Mir Jafir Ali forthwith from Bombay.
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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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1 volume (249 folios)

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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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Reference: Mss Eur F126/78
Title: 'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:248v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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