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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [227r] (458/502)
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.
C ase N o . 14.
Dalpat Premabhai, Brahman, 35 years, Jamindar of Morthan, Olpad Taluka,
Surat District, states:—In the montlx I, in company with two other
men, Sankar Lalaji and Daji Pandnrang, entered into a written agreement with
the Gaekwar's Grovernment to take the Vahivat of the Yasravi and Gall a Mahals
of the Naosari prant for 5 years. We were to pay Rs. 10,000 during the first
year in excess of what previous Yahivatdars had done, by raising the revenue in
a more careful way, and looking more closely after cultivation. The Yahivat
was to be continued to us for 5 years, and it was distinctly so stated in the
written agreement. It was not stated, so far as I can remember, how much re
venue in excess of previous years we were to raise during the second and sub
sequent years of our tenure. In addition to this I agreed to give a nazarana of
Rs. 5,425 to Nana Sahib, the minister of the Graekwar, while my two partners
were to furnish the security required by Government for our carrying
on the work properly. We were in joint management of the Mahals for
1| months, and my partners not having furnished the security, we were
then deprived of it, and it was handed over to another person. I paid the
nazarana in two sums to Nana Sahib through my cousin Shivram Yalabh, the
first sum of Rs. 2,000 being paid at Naosari, and the second of Rs. 3,425 at
Baroda. Shivram informed me he had paid them, but produced no receipt from
the minister. I was not present when the money was paid. All that I want now
is, as I have been turned out, to get back my nazarana of Rs. 5,425. I have
never asked Nana Sahib to give me the money back, and the only effort I have
made for its restoration is my petition to Mr. Hope, the Collector of Surat,
which was sent to the Resident here. I misunderstood the question above
put to me about asking for the nazarana back from Nana Sahib, and I
now state that previous to the petition being made, I did go to Baroda
and ask Nana Sahib to give me the money back again. I understood the question
to be whether I had made any effort to get it back since making the petition.
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 decline to cross-examine, and state that in consequence
of communications, both verbal and written, between the Maharaj and the Resident,
the complainant was repeatedly summoned, through the Resident, to appear before
H. H. the Gaekwar with the proofs of his complaint, but that in consequence of
his failing to do so, his case has not been enquired into.
Shankar Lalaji, Brahman, 47 years, Yahivatdar, resident of Dhoral Pardi, in
Naosari Prant, states;—In — t: 1 1 ® 2 1 3 , I took the farm of the Mahals of Galla and Yas-
ravi in Naosari, in company with Dalpat Premabhai and Daji Pandurang, but i
know nothing of the details of the agreement or nazarana. My cousin and sub-
sharer, Dallo Khushal, can state fully all about the matter.
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 have no remarks to offer.
Dallo Khushal, Brahman, 39 years, Yahivatdar, resident in Dhoral Pardi,
Naosari, states : — Shankar Lala is my cousin. In partnership with him and others
I took the farm of the Vahivat of Vasravi and Ghalla for ^ in 1871. I
paid, to secure the Yahivat, a nazarana of Rs. 6,500 to Nana Sahib, in three sums,
Rs. 2,000 in Naosari, and two sums of Rs. 3,425 and 1,075^1 Baroda. The farm
remained with us for 1 ^ months, when it was taken from us through adawat
(enmity). I came to Baroda to ask for my nazarana back, and Nana Sahib im
prisoned me for 1 day and 1 night, when 1 was released on security and told to
go to Naosari.
in—14
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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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