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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [152v] (309/502)
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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estate was then transferred. I do not know whether any suit for debt was insti
tuted against me in the Mahi Kanta (Sadra) Agent's Court, or decree sent down
hither to be executed against me. The Nazarana which my mother gave was
the attachment and seizure of my property by TatyaPant, the Commander-in-
Chief's Karkun, This was given to the Sarkar. The value of the property was
Rs. 50,000 or thereabouts.
The Glaekwar's Agents desire to defer their further cros^s-examination in this
case, << tt-
Reply of- the Durhar to Statement o /M aiiadavrao G abkwar , N o . 17 : - His
statement generally is correct but is justified by 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 the ground that
his mother had represented he was so deeply in debt that he could not keep lis
pagah and sowars in proper order. The management of the pagah was, theretore,
handed over to her, and he was allowed Rs. 125 a month and a horse. His
private property was attached and taken possession of by 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).
at the
instance of his mother. A list is kept in 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).
. The property will be
disposed of as his mother may direct; complaints against the inefficient state ol his
sowars have also been received from the Sadra
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.
.
18. G angajirao T rimbakrao K hanyelkar, states :— I have one Inam village,
Pilol by name, and allowances to the amount of Rs. 3^,000 annually. I have
still the Inam village valued at Es. 5,000 or so, but my allowances have been
stopped. The allowances and the village were granted to me^ by Seiajirao
Gaekwar some thirty-eight years ago. I got them from him on marrying his daugh
ter. My only service was personal attendance on the Gaekwar. On the death ol
Khanderao Maharaj, the present Gaekwar stopped the allowances. These were
for the support of my sowars. There was no written order gi ven, or reason as
signed for my losing my allowances; I merely had a verbal order one day that
they were stopped. The present Dowan, Nana Sahib's father, used to enjoy 8,000
of the 30,000 ; while I got the remaining Rs. 22,000 and a further sum of
Rs. 2,000 for miscellaneous expenses. I do not know who enjoys these allowances
now. They have gone to the Government and have left me and my family.
In a.d. 1858 Khanderao transferred my share of the above establishment,
Rs. 22,000 to my son Mulajirao, and granted Rs. 4,000 additional to my younger
son Amrutrao. He kept me near his person for two years, when he made me
the " Subha" of the Deesa contingent with an annual allowance of Rs. 29,800.
On the news of the death of Khanderao reaching me, I at once left my charge
at Deesa, came to Baroda, and went to Nana Sahib Khanvelkar my nephew.
He and I fell out about the distribution of some property, and eight or fifteen
days afterwards, on Nana's representations to the Gaekwar, Malharrao, I was
deprived of all my property and commands. I was deprived even of my house,
my former establishment of
sepoys
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
given to me by Seiajirao, and all that I had
in Baroda, and having no other means of subsistence, I went off to my Inam
village. I was shortly afterwards warned to clear out even from there. Nana
Sahib took six horses, my private property, two palkis also private property, my
residence, paga, and another house of mine, all in Baroda. All the personal pro
perty that I had packed on carts when I left Baroda, was taken from them,
thrown out and destroyed. The value of the private property destroyed was
about Es. 4,500. This was exclusive of the houses which were worth about
Rs. 50,000. All I want now is to have my property and estates restored to me.
I produce the grant given me in a.d . 1836-37 showing the original establishment
given me by Seiajirao Gaekwar as already described, (This Sanad is allowed to
be genuine by the Gaekwar's Agent),
I produce also a Sanad from Khanderao showing my appointment and al
lowances as Subha of the Deesa Contingent as stated above, (This is also ac
knowledged to be genuine). There is no Sanad showing the transfer of my ori
ginal charge from me to my sons, but the order, therefore, will no doubt be found
in the Government Records.
The Gaekwar's Agents reserve cross-examination.
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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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