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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [191r] (386/502)
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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the 22nd ultimo, that " females" were seized to be made " loundis by the
* The Gnvenimeiit
Peon
A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context).
"tbar, that Ganu Halkara * had orders to find out
employed for the work. s J lcl1 onl y as were willing to enter the service, and
, that such of those he brousrht as were unwillincr to
serve orere sent away ; it becomes necessary to recapitulate the whole of the
evidence on recoid, in addition to that taken by the Commission, in order to
refute so unscrupulous and untenable a statement.
N drifted 1 ' ep J )rt fe f ardin ^ this s y ste m was made in para. 14 of my letter
No. 753, dated 18th of August last, and accompanying letter to His Highness
the Gaekwar, and deposition of 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.
KarkSn Balvantrao Ramaji!
Case.—-In that letter I showed His Highness that the wife of a Soni
had been earned off by two of his own favorite followers, and that on the hus
band applying to him (the Maharaja) for his wife to be restored to him H s
Highness himself declined to accede to his request and sent her to sS've as
a loundi. His Highness attempted to justify this act in his vad of the 22nd
of August last on the plea that the woman said she had lost ij caste; did not
wtsh to return to her husband; and that were she forcibly made over to h"m
she would comnut suicide. Eventually the woman was restored to her husband'
together with compensation for her jewels which had been stolen by the Ma
harajas followers; and she is now living happily with her husband in spite 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).
's assertions regarding suicide, &c. 1
Thus in the first case reported by me to Government, an equitable arrange,
raent has been made whereas very different results might have occurred had
the Maharaja persisted in depriving the Soni of his wife and 600
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
' worth
of jewels merely to make her a loundi. ^
a Case. The next case reported to the Maharaja was that of the
daughter of a woman named Malsabae, the wife of a Jaghirdar in the territory of
is Highness Holkar, who was reported to the Resident as having been seized
by Government
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.
and carried off to the palace, that she had threatened
to commit suicide rather than become a loundi, and that in consequence she
had been frequently flogged. The reply which His Highness gave to this case
in yad dated 22nd of August, is merely as follows :
" It appeared on enquiry on receipt of your yad that Malsabae's daughter
is not willing to serve, and she has been immediately allowed to go."
It will be observed that no notice is taken 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).
abduction or the flogging, though the forcible detention is acknowledged and
remedied, not spontaneously, hut on the Resident's intervention; yet in the
presence of the Commission the deliberate statement is made 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).
that females are never seized to be made loundis of by them ; and that any
unwilling to serve are immediately let go.
1 his woman Malsabae, and her daughter, had returned to their own country
e ore the Commission arrived at Baroda, therefore they were not available for
examination.
th Case. —The 3rd Case reported was that of a girl named Vithabae,
ne wife of Kondaji, who was seized by Government
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.
in her own house
during the absence of her husband and was carried off to the palace to be
niacte a loundi. The reply which His Highness gave about this case of
e any forcible abduction, in the yad of the 22nd of August last, was the same
s hat given above about Malsabae's daughter, viz., that it appeared after
quay, on receipt of 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.
yad, that the girl was not willins* to
e rve, and therefore she had been released.
This girl subsequently gave her evidence before the Commission on the
. Evidence before Commis -^th of December, and clearly showed that she was
S10n - 1 ' taken against h palace and brought
before the Maharaja himself who «« having inspected
ji—40 d
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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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