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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [221r] (446/502)
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. 5.
m A'l-. Balva ^ rao Ganesh, Brahman, 35 years, Merchant of Bombay, states •—
My at er was Ganesh Sadaseo, and entered the service of the G-aekwari Govern
^■^and wS e then 3 ra F* ^P 10 ^ . in the office from
a . u . im .'- so ' c o _ roade Farna\is, in which position he remained till
for lyeai ^*? hk in T — ***£&
n j , s, he in J- returned on Tambekar s dismissal, and was made
Dewan, which place he held till §» when he retired. In R-jjg, in considera-
toon of his excellent services, generally during the mutiny, and specially in the
matter ef having the Gaekwar's Government relieved of the annual payment of
3
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
to the British Government, H. H. Khanderao eonferred upon
fiTinnnn him the village of Davat in Baroda pargana, valued at
Es. 10,000 annually, m perpetuity to him and his heirs for ever, and specially de
claring that whether the revenue realized became more or less, the difference was to
belong to my father and his heirs, and not to the Government. This sanad I pro-
due®. (f he Gaekwar s Agents admit the genuineness of the seals and signa-
tore of the sanad.) My father retired in and died in !|?, during which
tune he enjoyed the village. In the following year, Khanderao Maharaj attached
the village on the ground that it was worth much more than the Rs. 10 000 at
which nominal value it had been originally given. He also demanded back the
original sanad and said that he would give us a fresh one for a village really
worth Rs. 10,000, but by the advice of Colonel Barr we kept our sanad and all
Sf P^P 61 ^' /h 0 attachment of the village continued till Khanderao's death, in
m . ±1. M. Maiharrao, by the advice of Colonel Barr, restored the village to us,
u , 11 1 <1 P a | d us Rs - 30,000, the nominal annual rental for the 3 years during which
it had been under attachment. The surplus, amounting to Rs. 43,200-15-0 we
paid to H. H. as a nazarana. One instalment of that year |||[, amounting to
Rs. 6,400, had been collected when the village was restored, and that also was
given back to us. Next year on the news of Colonel Barr's death being
received, H. H. Maiharrao once more attached the village on the original ground
lat its value exceeded the Rs. 10,000 at which it had been granted.
il f f/ 16 P ewan went Colonel Phayre, the present Resident, and telling him
! Ks. 10,000 was to be continued to us, has attached the whole village. We
lave received nothing whatsoever from it during the past year.
the ^ ie ^ ur ' :)ar have no questions to put, but promise a statement on
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).
.
We beg to hand in a written statement in reply of the case.
Instead of the written statement alluded to above, 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).
Agent makes
6 Allowing statement verbally :■—
R itV? 6 ^ ie ^ railt ^ ie revenue of the village was not Rs. 10,000, but
s - ~,750. The grant was evidently intended, as shown by the first part of the
o ai l a ' ^0 be for Rs. 10,000 only. The concluding words " be the revenue more
1 ess than Rs. 10,000"are unusual, and improperly inserted by the Minister,
m—5
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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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