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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [150r] (304/502)
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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which I hold in equal shares with my first cousin, Kasinath Narayenrao. I also
have allowances of lis. 10,000 annually from the Gaekwar Government for the
support of my establishment of sowars, &c. This and all my other property I
hold in equal shares with my aforesaid cousin, Kasinath. I formerly held five vil
lages, a Jaghir of Rs. 20,000. Out of these, four villages were resumed from me
50 or 60 years ago. Ihe Gaekwar gave them and took them away again. I
have no complaint to make about them. I have now no grievance whatsoever
against the present Gaekwar as he has promised to keep up my "nimnuk" establish
ment on the scale maintained by the late Gaekwar. Some fifteen days ago I got all
my arrears of pay for two years back. My grievance was that out of my Rs. 10,000
Malharrao stopped 8,000, but he has, as above said, given me chits for the total
amount. .1 didnot join with the Pandare and other Sardars in refusing to take
my pay. The Rs. 8,000 was stopped some six months ago. There was no reason
assigned for doing this. It was the Sarkar's pleasure. The money and pagah
(establishment of sowars) were not given away to any one. I got the order that
they were dismissed.
The Gaekwar's Agents decline to cross-examine.
11.— A bdul R ahman A bdulla, A bab of B aroda , states:—My father came from
Arabia some eighty years ago, and entered the service of Fattehsinghrao Gaek
war. Aboutthree years ago in Sanvatl926 ( a.d . 1869-70) on the accession of Malhar
rao, all my establishment was dismissed. I had 100 sowers under me, and they were
all dismissed ; I got Rs. 14,000 from the Government annually, 1,000 monthly for
the sowars, and the balance for Palki and personal allowances ; I produce a Sanad
given to me by Khanderao Gaekwar in Sanvat 1924 ( a.d . 1867-68) allowing me
Rs. 100 a month as personal allowance for distinguished service in the Naikra
outbreak that year in the Panch Mahals. The Sanad grants this allowance to
me and my heirs in perpetuity.
N.B. —(This Sanad is shown to Raghunath Pandurang Kamdar in the
Farnavi's Office of the Gaekwar's establishment, on whose statement of its cor
rectness the Gaekwar's Agents admit the signature and seal being genuine). Since
then I have lived by borrowing money and any way I can. What choice have I ?
I want to be restored to my former position. I have represented to the Dewan
that I have been for forty-five years a Government servant and have done no man
wrong or injury. He heard all I had to say. He sent me to Hariba Gaekwar,
the Revenue Commissioner, who did nothing for me. I have no knowledge of
the reason of my dismissal. I was suddenly informed of it and told to go. I
had also a Karkhana of 10 foot soldiers at Kadi, and one and a half years ago they
were also dismissed without cause assigned.
The Gaekwar's Agents reserve cross-examination.
Reply of theDarhar to the Statement A bdul R ahman, N o . 11;—The
present Government having no confidence in him dispensed with his services.
The complainant was not present when the defence was made, though he
was on the 15th.
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).
further states that the allegation made by Abdul Rahman
that he had charge of horse under Fattehsing is untrue. He was made Jemadar
of 100 foot in the time of Khanderao Gaekwar.
12. N arayknrao S hivrao G ovindrao, H arp ale of B aroda ;—The first
of our family to come to Baroda was our grandfather Naoji about 100 years ago.
I do not know who was the Gaekwar then. Our present a tahinat'' is Rs. 5,800
for sowars. We have no Inam villages, and are equal sharers in all our property.
Formerly our emoluments were Rs. 36,000 in all, but that was all broken up more
than seventy years ago, and we have no grievance on that subject. Since Sanvat
1928 (a.d. 1871) the present Gaekwar, Malharrao, and his commander of contin
gent. Nana Sahib Khanvelkar, the Minister, have transferred 12 of our sowars
into the contingent, leaving us with two only. Tbey have taken away the horses
and all their furniture and have also stopped the pay. We do not get a " paisa''
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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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