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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [220r] (444/502)
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 III.
Case No. 4.
Amta Ranchod, Banker, formerly of Baroda, now of Bombay, states :—I was
formerly a Gaekwari subject, but on the 8th September 1869 I took the oaths of
allegiance to the British Government, and became a naturalised British subject
under Act XXX. (Bombay) of 1852, the certificate of which I now produce.
In idii? I was imprisoned, and my house and bank attached by H. H.
Khanderao, on account of my not handing over certain property to my mother,
which she claimed. I was imprisoned for 4 months, and on my release in -^rws»
the attachment on my hank was removed. I went to Bombay, and, having lived
there the requisite time, made the Statutory declaration, and became a British
subject as stated above. When I was imprisoned, certain jewels of mine valued
at Ks.35,000, and " chits" of Government for Rs. 25,000, in all Rs. 60,000, were
taken possession of by the Gaekwar. My house, but not my bank, in Baroda
remained under attachment till ; when His Highness Khanderao visited
Bombay, and at my petition promised to remove the attachment if I returned to
Baroda. I therefore did so, but had to go shortly after on urgent business
to Bombay. In the meanwhile, my Gumasta received back the jewels, but
reported that some, to the value of Rs. 4,000, were absent. I refused to receive
them back, unless they were given back in full, and acting on a letter of my
Gumasta's, I proceeded to Baroda, and had an interview with H. H. Khanderao,
who 2 months before his death gave orders that all my jewels, &c., should
be replaced in my house, and the attachment removed. Before his orders
were carried out His Highness Khanderao died, and I went_ to Bombay.
Returning thence about 3 months afterwards, and my house being still under
attachment, I petitioned His Highness Malharrao, who at once took back the
property which had been placed in my house, and continued the attachment
thereof. This attachment continued in all for 5 years, viz., from 1867 to 1 872, wlien,
at the instance of the Resident. Colonel Barr, it was removed, but the Rs 60,000
worth of iewels and "chits" were not restored tome. I estimate further tha.
in these 5 years I have suffered a loss of about Rs. 75,000 from cessation
of my profits, and interest, in the banking business, my money and property
being under attachment, and I myself being absent in Bombay.
X n svt. iq-w ^ Balvantrao Raholkar, the Naib Dewan of H. H. the Gaekwar, depo
sited R s .T o 000 with me at interest, and took my chit for the amount. In the
following year H. H. Malharrao demanded the whole of this sum from me and on
my declmmg to give it up unless I got mj " ohit" back, he attached the bank
and house of mylelf and partner Gordhan, and kept them under attachment for 4
months, when, at the request of the Resident, on payment of the ® s -
the return of mv " chit" to me, the attachment was removed. We have sufteied
losses of Rs. 13,000 or 14,000 from this second attachment of our banking
business.
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).
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).
.
From the nroceedinffs held during the administration of H. H. Khanderao, it
appears that^ the final decision was In favour of ^anikuvar (the st«p-m^her of
Amtabhai) admitting her claim for Rs, 50,181 against ;, In a. 0 " ^f
ance with this decilion, Rs. 30,413 m cash and ornaments of f ® of
Rs, 19,768, were given to her from the estate of Amtabhai.
had been thus enforced, the late Maharaj subsequently got back the jewels from
in—4
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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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