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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [191v] (387/502)
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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m e, approved of me, and gave orders I ^
Lakshmibae as a loundi *. 1 here were sepo> s 8 followed by one
loundis, there, and after I arrived some 10 The other womei
07™ release some 5 or 6 women were also let go * •. 1 he
in the service of t^^'^'h^.^Th^eirfreeognized the Government
sepoy
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.
the same way as I had been. i hisgnlrec g and Ganu himself
Gann before the Commission as the man ^ ho s ;' z ^ "
verified her statement— Vide his evidence Case 40, Schedule '
Thus iu this instance also it is submitted ^^^'^d'TcUon
forced service as loundis was in X'trhavt inscrnpnlonsly denied before
of the Maharaja himself, yet the Duib' _ made loundis of, and the
the Commission that females -XtThL" no" UUng t^serve are allowed to
untrue assertion has been made that those not wuu &
S Afh Case—On the 25th of August I received a petition from a girl named
4m L^asewu tuc^uoii g, i j i v fUg g ar i (ar and sent as
Bae Gapga, who complained that she had been s y ^
a loundi to Lakshmibae. ^ She I was able and refused to do
Flogging Of women. what I could not. / was therefore flogged. When
ss&i-na-latrsxi"sis u- -
fom^^eT tf g^lwdS Tad become' a loundi
?XnSy. I have therefore'escaped and come to you with this complaint.
This drl turned out on enquiry to be the daughter of an old pensioned
Non Commissioned Officer of Sappers. She obtained my protection and has,
^believ™ returned to her native place in the Deccan ; otherwise ^she would
have appeared before the Commission to corroborate her statement.
5th Case —It has been already explained to the Commission in my letter
No 1008 of the 8th of December, that 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.
Karkun's sister having
been received back by her husband and the case already disposed of, she
was unwilling to come forward to reopen the case.
6th Case Chandra Bhaga and her mother Kasi gave their evidence
before the Commission on the" 10th of December, when the former showed
clearly how she 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.
, and m spite of resisUnce,
cries and remonstrances, was carried off to His Highness Mahaiaj Malharra ,
who personally ordered her to be taken to the Rani as a loundi, where sh
was detained against her will for 2i months, and was at length released on
the intervention of the Resident.
With reeardto the case of this girl 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).
attempted to make
out in their reply to the Commission that she was
Apparent false statement by seized at her husband's request and detained in t e
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).
before the Commission. p a i aC e by the Senapati to induce her to go back to
her husband's house and nowhere else. This reply was given on the 22nd
of December.
In consequence of this 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).
it is
examine the facts of this case of Chandra Bhaga as reported to Goveinment
in my letter ^ 0 8 , dated 4th of October last, because 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).
at the time
treated it precisely as they had done those of Malsabae and others abov
quoted ; and said nothing whatever about Chandra Bhaga having been seize
on behalf of her husband, consequently the account given m
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).
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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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