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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [149v] (303/502)
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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possession 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).
then, was handed back to him, and the property so re
turned included some land belonging to Mir Bakr Ali.
With regard to his establishment, &c., the accounts 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).
show that
the amount due, therefore, has been regularly disbursed to him or on his account,
and that at the present time a balance of Rs. 200 is all that is due to him now.
Whatever reductions have been made were made by the late Gaekwar because
he considered the men reduced were not required.
9. D ost M ahammad Z amin M ia , now of B aroda , states :— I have at present
two Inam villages, the income from which is Rs- 7,000 or 8,000. I also draw
allowances of Rs. 67,000 annually from the Gaekwar's Government for the
support of my establishment of sowars, servants, &c. The first establishment
was allowed by the Gaekwar 115 years ago to my great-grandfather,
Hamid Jamadar. He was succeeded by my grandfather, Amin Sahib, who
left at his death two legitimate and one illegitimate son. His property
and establishment was divided into shares of 7 annas to my father, Zamin
Mia, 7 annas to Haman Mia, the father of Radhan Mia, and 2 annas to the
illeoitimate son Morad Ali. I am my father's sole heir, and succeeded him in
1912 ( a.d . 1855). I have a third village Saral, Rs. 5,000 revenue, which was
attached by the late Gaekwar, Khanderao, in Sanvat 1925 ( a.d . 18 68), on the ground
that it was a Government village, and not one of my Inami villages. It had then
been over 100 years in the possession of my family. The Sanad showing my
right is in the possession of Radhan Mia's mother. Radhan himself died a year
ago. He held the sanad as he was the elder brother. The three villages above
mentioned are held by the three brothers or their representatives in the proportions
named before. I mentioned my grievance to Khanderao Maharaj, but have said
nothing about it to the present Gaekwar, against whom my complaint is that he
does not let me manage the Mahal of Kheiralu, the management of which has
been for more than 100 years in the possession of my family. Khanderao took
the management away and gave me Rs. 10,000 annually in cash instead. This
allowance Malharrao refused to continue, but he has now consented to let me
have it again. He has also dismissed 25 of my sowars, but has promised to
restore them. I have another cause of complaint about a Dumala village,
Kambale, revenue Rs. 5,000, which Khanderao Gaekwar confiscated as being a
Government village. It had been ours for 80 years. We have no sanad that we
know of for Kambale. The present Gaekwar, Malharrao, promises to enquire
into this, and to restore the village. I made my grievance known to the Dewan,
(Nana Sahib) of Malharrao Gaekvvar, and also to the Senapati, Bapu Sahib, as is
the usual custom. If they do not listen to our complaints we apply to the
Maharaj personally. Out of the Rs. 67,000 which I ought to receive, I have not
received anything for two years ; the third year is now going on. I have refused to
take my allowances on the same grounds that the Pandare, Ghorpade, and other
Sardars have done. The orders have been issued for payment, but I have not
taken my pay hitherto.
The Gaekwar's Agent desires to postpone cross-examination till to-morrow.
Reph] of the D urbar ;—The village of Saral was a Dumala village granted
to him as part payment of his allowances, and when it was resumed we gave him
Rs. 2,500 annually in cash instead.
Similary with the pargana of Kheiralu, he only had the management of the
pargana, and on that being taken away we gave him an allowance of Rs. 10,000
instead, as in the case of the Saoli pargana. Kambale was also a Dumala village
which we resumed, and for which we gave an equivalent in cash. They were all
taken up by Khanderao.
10: N arayenrao R amrao G uftr, R esident in B aroda , states :—-My father
Kamrao was the first of our family who came to Baroda. He came with Govind-
rao Maharaj. I have our Inam village Antroli, revenue Rs. 4,000, or thereabouts,
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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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