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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [204r] (412/502)
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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SCHEDULE II.
C ase N o. 50.
Masukh Narsidas, Kanbi, 53 years,
Vakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
of Ahmedabad, states:—I have
practised as a
Vakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
in the Baroda State for 13 or 14 years. In the year
irMS^ 1 was employed by His Highness Khanderao to prosecute Balvantrao
Eshwant, Hariba Dada, and Narayen Lalnbhai, The case being proved
against Balvantrao he was imprisoned by Khanderao, but not being proved
against the others, a second charge was being investigated when Khanderao
died. I was in Ahmedabad at the time, but returned on the third day. On
the sixth day, I was arrested and taken to the Foujdari, while my wife was
detained in custody at my house. A few days after, my son-in-law came from
Ahmedabad to give security for me, but Hariba Dada refused to take his
security, and I was taken to a cell in the Foujdari and was imprisoned there for
six months. I received my food from my house. I left the Foujdari four times
during this period, and on three of these occasions Balvantrao Eshwant took
my signature to depositions. On the 4th, Narayen Lallubhai took my signa
ture on each and all of these occasions. I did not see what was written in the
depositions. They were not read over to me, nor wereany witnesses examined
in my presence. On the first occasion I was promised my liberty, on the 2nd
and 3rd I was threatened with floggings, and on the 4th I was careless as to
what I signed. At the expiration of six months, Balvantrao Eshwant sent me
to the jail. I was not informed of what offence I was guilty, nor what my sen
tence was. I was sent to the jail, and I only learned from the Jailor Bhojangrao
that I had got 3 years. After about 3 months of this imprisonment Bhojang
rao told me that my people had not given any further information about me,
and that I should be released next day. I was set at liberty 4 or 5 days
afterwards. I learned when I got out that my son-in-law had paid the fine
of Rs. 15,000 imposed on me. Since my release I have lived in Ahraedabad.
At my release a security bond was taken from me not to return to Baroda or
to make any complaint.' I claim 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).
Rs. 25,000 for outstanding
private debts, Rs. 15,000 for my fine, Rs. 5,000 for my private property con
fiscated, Rs. 500 for my imprisonment, total Rs. 45,500.
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).
Agents reserve cross -examination.
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).
.
Masukh was fined Rs. 15,000 on conviction of several offences, the chief
being a conspiracy, chai'ging the Assistant Resident Captain Salmon with
taking a bribe. His allegations that his signatures were taken to various
papers without their being read to him is false, as will appear from the fact
that when he objected to any particular sentence in his deposition, he has
himself made corrections and initialled them.
His property though under attachment has not been confiscated. It
is still in his house, and we offer it to him if he will come and take it. The
security has been taken only for his future good conduct, but not to prevent
him preferring any complaint 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).
.
With regard to his statement as to his wife being recalled from the sta
tion, the truth is that she was leaving for Ahmedabad with her nazarana chits
in favor of the Sarkar, and official papers. She was recalled, and when she
gave up the papers she was allowed to depart.
n—50
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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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