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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [186r] (376/502)
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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15
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).
Statem
and it was eaten by Tatiaba. The
reason of doing this was that the
accused Raghu Savat wished to de
prive Tatiaba of his place. All this
intrigue he was aware of.
Further statement of the same ac
cused taken the same day, but does
not bear the signature of Balvantrao
Eshvant. The accused states :—It
was he and accused Daji who
brought the powder of arsenic from
the accused Fatteh Ali, Gumasta of
Nurudin Borah, under the pretext
that it was required for medicinal
purposes.
4. Statement of accused No. 3
Vithuba bin Babaji Nikam, taken
before Balvantrao Eshvant, but does
not bear his signature. It is dated
Falgun vad 4th Tuesday, Samvat
1929. The accused states:—He is
not aware of the cause of Tatiaba's
death. He only knew yesterday,
(Monday), that Tatiaba had died.
He knows nothing about the pre
paration of the shrikand, or whether
any poison was administered to
Tatiaba.
Further statement of the same
accused, taken before the same of
ficer, the same day, but does not
bear his signature. The above state
ment is not true, but what he now
states is true. Some four or five
days ago the accused Dajiba Kamati,
Ganu Savat, and Lakshman were
sitting on a terrace and of
poisoning Tatiaba. Accordingly on
Sunday last accused Dajiba prepared
the " shrikhand," and mixed with
it powder of arsenic. Dajiba gave
this to Tatiaba to eat, and the latter
ate it. He is not aware from what
place Dajiba brought the arsenic.
The reason of doing all this was
that Dajiba expected to get Tatiaba's
place, and Daji also mentioned that
even if the accused Raghu got
Tatiaba's place, he (accused Vitho-
ba) would be provided with a situa
tion.
Further statement of the same ac
cused taken the same day, but does
not bear the signature of Balvantrao
Remarks hy
As in the previous cases, the
accused person after giving a com
plete denial of the alleged crime
appear suddenly, for no assignable
reason, to have'made a detailed con
fession. It will be observed that
this accused person had been called
by the complainant Lakshmi as a
witness, but was never examined as'
such; he appears, however, to have
been arrested on the statement of
Daji, and after first denying all
knowledge of the crime, after two
separate intervals (during which
something must have happened which
the Sir Foujdar ought to have
explained), he was induced to cri
minate not only himself, but also
the other accused persons except
the Ghanchi boy No. 8.
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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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