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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [184v] (373/502)
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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last April, refused, when called upon by the Commission, to give any ex
planation regarding them beyond the curt one recorded.
18. Thus from first to last the reasonable requests of the Bombay Govern
ment, the Resident, and the Commission have been systematically resisted 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).
in this case.
Evidence in the Flogging Case produced by the Sir Foujdar before the
Commission on the 17th and 18th December 1878 :—
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).
''s S
precis of the Vernacular (Marathi
and Guzerathi) papers of evidence
recorded in Criminal Case No.
102 of 1873.
1. Complaint on solemn affirma
tion submitted before Balvantrao
Eshvant by one Lakshmi, widow of
Jotiba Katkar, dated Falgun vad 4th,
Samvat 1929, representing that her
brother Tatiaba Powar was murdered
by Daji Kamati, who administered to
him poison in a diet called " shri-
khand, " and that in support of this
charge there were 3 witnesses, Esh-
vanta bin Bapuji, Raghu bin Bajirao,
and Vithu bin Babaji. She begs that
enquiries may be instituted into the
matter, and the offender brought to
punishment.
Remarks hy
It will be observed that one Laksh
mi, sister of the deceased, is said to
have complained on Tuesday the
Ibth March last that one Daji Ka-
mati had poisoned her brother Tatia.
In support of her statement, she is
stated to have called the 3 witnesses
named. It will be observed that the
witness first-named, Eshvanta bin
Bapuji, has never
all, and that the two other persons
who are alleged to have been named
as witnesses were examined not as
witnesses but as accused persons.
In support therefore of the complain
ant's alleged statement, there does
not appear to have been any evi
dence recorded whatever, except the
alleged statements of accused per
sons. The Resident has never been
furnished with a copy of the original
complaint, and from the statements
of the two persons named by her, he
utterly disbelieves the truth of the
original complaint, because what is
here stated materially conflicts with
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).
's explanation given in
their yad No. 2,145 of October 9th,
1873, in which the deceased himself
is said to have told his sister Lakshmi
that Daji had poisoned him ; and
had thus himself initiated the en
quiry. In the present proceedings
these very important allegations no
where appear in evidence, though
they are actually used as established
facts by the Sir Foujdar in his find
ing as one of the grounds for his
judgment. This fact of itself, inde
pendently of certain other false state
ments made by this official, prove, it
is submitted, how utterly unreliable
the whole of the Sir Foujdar's pro
ceedings are.
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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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