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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [171r] (346/502)
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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SCHEDULE II.
C ase N o. 4.
2, Jethabhni Dallabhai, Leva Kanbi, 51 years, of Piz, in Petlad Malial,
gj-^g : In 1 agreed to take the vain vat of the Klieiralu Malial for 5 years.
The revenue is over 2
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, and I promised to pay Rs. 1,000 annually
m ore than had been levied in the previous year. This Rs. 1,000 was to be
realized from ryots who had unauthorizedly cultivated land, and who held waste
land without paying for it. I paid Rs. 10,000 to Nana Sahib to induce him to
wive me the vahivat. The sum was to be paid in one year in consideration of
my having the office for the five following years. I paid Rs. 5,000 in cash at once
and Rs. 5,000 in two or three months afterwards. On the first occasion were pre
sent a number of people. I gave the money to be counted to the Nana Sahib's
Jemadar. There was no entry made in any account book, nor did I get a receipt
for my money. I paid Rs. 4,000 on the second occasion, and Rs. 1,000 on a third
occasion, when I got my quittance from Nana Sahib. I went to my Mahal the
fifth day after this, and remained there 6 or 7 months, realising the Government
revenue. In June last, I got a notice from the Government that a new Vahivat-
dar was appointed over me, and directing me to proceed to Baroda. I came in at
once, and tried to get an explanation from the Nana Sahib, but he kept putting
me off day after day with excuses of sorts for 2 or 2| months, till I made my com
plaint to the Resident, as no one else would listen to me. The reason of my
offering the Rs. 10,000 ■" sukdi" was from my knowing it was the usual custom
in the State.
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).
reserve cross-examination.
The complainant makes a further statement before the Commission to the
following effect: —
In addition to the Rs. 10,000, which I said yesterday I ^gave to Nana
Sahib, I also gave Rs. 1,500 to one Narayenbhai, the Sirsubha s Karkun, an
Rs. 500 to one Gropalrao, the Nana Sahib's Karkun, the
vakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
of the Petlad Maia .
I had intended to mention this yesterday, and believed I had done so, but it
appears not to have been taken down.
Gross-examined by
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).
Agents— The signature on the Karar (agreement)
shown to me is mine, but 1 do not know what is written in it, as I do not now
Modi (Marathi). The term in the written agreement is one year, hnt 1 under
stood I was to have it for 5 years. I distinctly understood that this agreement,
though passed only for one year, was to be renewed annually for 5 wien
paid in the yearly revenue at Baroda. I forgot to mention the s . pai o
Gopalrao in my original petition to the Resident. It was written has i y, anc
did not remember that item at the time. No complaint, so fai as enow, las
been made against me 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).
since I was Valiivatdar. The ur oai as no
informed me that such complaints have been made. It is specified m the agree
ment that I am not to levy any extra taxes from the ryots.
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).
.
1st. The lease of the Mahal was given to complainant for one year only, at
the end of which time his successor was appointed.
2nd. That in consequence of communications, both verbal and written,
between the Maharaj and the Resident, the complainant was repeatedly summo-
e d, through the Resident, to appear before H. H. the Gaekwar, wi i ie p
ii—4
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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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