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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [190r] (384/502)
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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Kasi, mother of Chandra. I have heard the statement made by my
daughter. It is true. She was apprehended in my presence, and taken to
the palace, where she was kept for 2^ months. I petitioned the Resident,
and at his instance my daughter was released.
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.
Chandra Bhaga, cross-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, states :—I am not
willing to go and live with my husband. He has turned me off for the last
16 or 17 years, and since then I have not lived with him. I do not know
whether he has ever petitioned 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).
to restore me to him. No deed
of divorce was given to me when my husband threw me off.
Reply 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).
.
Females were never seized to be made loundis 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).
.
Ghanu Halkara had orders to find out such only as were willing to enter the
service. Such of those he brought as were unwilling to serve were sent away.
With regard to Vithahae's case.—The assertion by Ghanu that His
Highness ordered this woman to be detained against her wish is false.
With regard to Ujam. —No complaint having been made to 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).
as to who brought her under arrest, and who extorted money from her,
nothing is known of her case 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).
officials. If a complaint had been
preferred, an inquiry would have been made.
With reference to Chandra Bhaja —Her husband having made a petition
for restitution of conjugal rights, and Chandra Bhaga having refused to live
with him, she was at his request detained in the palace by the Senapati, to
induce her to go back to her husband's house and nowhere else. She was
released at the Resident's request. The husband's complaint remains
undisposed of, and will have to be enquired into.
No. 1096 of 1873.
To
T he P resident op the B aroda C ommission.
1873.
S ir ,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 24,
dated 2nd instant, regarding the seizure of women in the city of Baroda to
serve as loundis, and in reply have the honour to forward for perusal—
1^. The original petition of the Soni whose wife, Suraj, was taken to
serve as a loundi, as well as his statement taken on the 5th instant, and to
state that the Soni and his wife are at present in Baroda.
2nd. The original petition of Malsabae of Rampur, in Indore territory.
This woman and her daughter have left Baroda for their home.
3rd. The statement of Kondaji's wife Vithabae. She is present.
^th.The statement of Balvantrao Ramaji, Brahman, a Karkun in the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, is also submitted. This matter has been so far settled that the girl
has been received back by her husband, and she fears being excommunicated
from caste if she comes forward now to reopen the case. In fact, as before
stated by me, it was never anticipated that any of these cases would be brought
before a Commission, or indeed any tribunal so constituted, and therefore
when the object sought for was obtained by the liberation of each person,
the case was looked upon as practically settled, though it was reported to
Government for such notice as might be deemed necessary with a view to
prevent the continuance of the practice.
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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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