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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [206r] (416/502)
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 . 53.
Parvatibae, widow of the late Bhao Sindia, now residing in Devargam,
Chandor Taluka, ofNasik Zillah, states :—On the third day after Khanderao's
death my husband was arrested and confined in our house, which was placed
under attachment. This continued for five months, when he was taken off
to Jail, and our property, consisting of jewels, ornaments, gold and silver,
cash, clothes, &c., were taken possession of by the Government. On my
husband's being taken to prison, Gangabae, his other wife, and I were taken
to the temple of Umkareshwar where we were placed under strict guard,
and allowed only our personal attendants to speak to. This lasted for
about 17 months: i. e. till 5 months or so after my husband's death. He
died about.a year after he was put into prison I think, but I am not sure.
About 15 months ago we were released from the temple of Umkareshwar,
when we were taken to 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.
by a Government Karkun whose
name I do not know. The Resident asked us what our claim was, but I did
not speak out as one of the Government officers, Eshvant or some such name,—
I could recognise the man if I saw him,—had told us not to speak out,
and thinking it would be better for us, and that by so doing we should be
all the sooner released, I did not tell fully what had been done to us. It
is the Fouzdar now sitting in the room, that I mean by Eshvant, After this
interview with the Resident we were taken to the Railway Station and our
fares paid to Bombay. Some 10 or 15 men accompanied us thither. I asked
Gopalrao Myral about a sum of a
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
which my husband had
deposited with him, and was told by him that I was to get nothing of it, that
the Sarkar had taken it. After leaving Bombay I went to Poona, and
thence to our Inam village of Devargam in Nasik Zilla, since which time
we have lived there. This'village is the only property left to us to subsist
upon. Even my Stridhan amounting to Rs. 5,00,000 or thereabouts has
been taken by the Government. I have committed no fault or crime what
soever that I know of to be punished in this way. I cannot say what is the
value of my husband's property which was taken. My manager can tell,
but I do not know.
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 statement.
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).
.
The misconduct of Bhao Sindia has become a subject of record 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.
. He was guilty of numerous other crimes than those recorded.
It was brought to the notice of the late Colonel Barr by His Highness
Malharrao in conversation that Bhao Sindia had on various pretences taken
away several sums of money, and ornaments. He was also responsible for
unexpended balances of cash advanced to him for conducting the various
departments of the State entrusted to his management, and the only way
of recovering the large sums due by him was to seize his movable and im
movable property. Colonel Barr replied that he felt sure from Bhao Sindia s
attempt to corrupt Captain Salmon that he was capable of abusing the con
fidence placed in him, and that he therefore saw no objection to his property
being seized in satisfaction of the State claims. Thus property valued at
Rs. 3,61,200 was seized and confiscated. The widows of Bhao Sindia when
asked by Colonel Shortt, plainly told him that they had no complaint to
prefer against His Highness Malharrao, and there is every reason to believe
that Colonel Shortt has noted this 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.
records. Reference to
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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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