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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [196r] (396/502)
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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which form ed her marriage gifts were her sole peculium, and were not touched
The plot of building ground which she clain/is Government property The
Sghte 'r neVer ' ^ VilIaSe WaS given in K^yadan, (gift to a
KasiraoThis man's allowance is fixed at the same rate as granted to
sons-in-law of the late Ganpatrao Maharaj. The Rs. 8,000 receivfd by him
were not for the elephant alone but included its trappings and howdah
Chimma Saheb -.-We had no confidence in him, and therefore dismissed
him.
Amratrao and Sakubae. Sakubae, while His Highness Khanderao was
alive, was, as his mistress, allowed to use the valuable State jewels. She has no
ckira to them as private property, and it was only in accordance with custom
that they have been deposited in the Jamdarkhana now.
With regard to the allowances given to Sakubae, they are fixed at the
same rate as those made to other mistresses of previous Gaekwars, viz
between Rs. 7,000 and Rs. 8,000 for herself and son which they refuse to ac
cept. 1 he garden is Grovernment property.
The paga and allowances are dependent on service, which is not rendered
by, or asked for from, Amratrao, and they have therefore been resumed.
Final Statement by the Resident.
The reasons assigned 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).
for their treatment of Anandrao
Viswasrao, brother of Jamnabae, Rani of the late Khanderao Graekwar, have at
any rate the merit of simplicity. It is clear, however, that if an alleged want
of confidence be a sufficient ground for discontinuance of allowance and
resumption of Inam villages, no person's property is safe in Baroda. The
persecution to which the Rani Jamnabae, in common with all the followers
and adherents of Khanderao, has been subjected at the hands of the present
Maharaj, may indeed afford a legitimate ground for want of confidence on their
part; but in the mouth 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).
the plea is only raised as an excuse for
spoliation. Anandrao's house in Baroda is not Government but private pro
perty ; he bought it himself, and held the deed of sale for it.
The treatment of Manjulabae can scarcely be justified on the grounds
asserted 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).
. The daughter of the late Maharaj was at least
entitled to some sort of consideration, and the wholesale deprivation of jewels,
ornaments, &c., and the forced exchange of houses presents only a picture of
the same vindictive spirit which has prompted the persecution of so many
others of the late Maharaja's family and dependents. These remarks also apply
to the case of Manjulabae's husband Kasirao, and to the remaining cases enu
merated.
The legal right 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).
to make the reduction, and resume the
allowances of the relatives of the late Maharaj, is not called in question, but
only the good faith and policy of the measures. There are so many proofs of
a malicious and vindictive spirit on the part of the reigning Gaekwar in the
treatment of H. H. Khanderao's family and followers, that the Resident has
deemed it his duty to bring these cases to the notice of the Commission, in the
"ope that they will be able to make such representations as will cause the
restoration of their property to those members of the Gaekwar family, who
"ave been unjustly deprived of it by the present Maharaj.
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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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