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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [235v] (475/502)
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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. , i . IV.—D ress , D iscipline, &c.
1 It is the duty of the Officer who may be in charge of a Company to see
that the Sowars take proper care of their dress, accoutrements, &c. The Soobha
or his Kamdar should also make personally an inspection of the same every
month.
2. "When practicable, two Companies of horse, (the tours being taken by the
different Companies in succession), should be stationed at Head Quarters with
a View to efficiency and fitness for service being kept up.
3 The supply for each horse will be eight seers of grain and 15 seers
(weight) grass.
4 A
Sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
despatched on emergent duty from one principal station to
another must return without delay after discharging such duty. With a view to
prevent any evasion of this rule, the Kamdar of the station to, which he is sent,
is to give him a certificate showing the date on which he was directed to return,
which must be produced before the Commanding Officer on rejoining.
V.—E scort op P risoners.
1. Prisoners guilty of heinous offences, should, on removal from one place to
another, be sent in carts, with their hands and feet chained. Prisoners giiilty of
minor offences need only have their hands chained, their arms being tied with a
rope or cord and thus secured ; one or two may be conducted by one guard, ■ihe
villagers are to provide a proper watch (in conjunction with the escort) and
accommodation, as mentioned in an enclosure to
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).
Yad No. 643 oi 1864 in
reply 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.
Yad No. 179 of the same year. If a prisoner is to be
sent a greater distance than 6 koss, an escort of not less than a Sub-JNaiques
party must be furnished together with a perwana from the British authority.
2 A prisoner when being conveyed from a halting place must be attend
ed as specified in the 1st section.
3. A prisoner requiring to perform the calls of nature on the march, shall
be properly escorted and carefully guarded.
4. At halting places, a prisoner pressed by the calls of nature in the night
time shall be taken out, with a rope tied to his arm, by a watchman or
sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
,
notice being given.
VI. — D uty.
1. The Sowars should be ready for service whenever ordered by the British
Officer, and should be told explicitly by their superior officers the nature and pro
bable duration of the duty to be performed.
2. A
Sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
entrusted with delivery of post or any important despatch
should execute his commission promptly and without negligence, in failure ot
which he should receive a commensurate punishment.
3. The following is laid down as the strength of the different parties of
Sowars:—
Sub-Naique's party ... ... from 4 to 8 Sowars.
Naique's do. ... ... from 8 to 16 Sowars.
Havildar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
's do. ... ... up to 20 ditto. . . . .. ,
Jemadar's do. ... ... up to 25 ditto with full comple
ment of Non -Commissioned Omcers,
4. When any duty is to be performed, the Kamdar must give notice to the
Soobedar and it will be the duty of the
Havildar
Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard.
Major to warn the feowars.
Should, however, no officers be present with the party, one of the Sowars mus
perform the duty ordered.
5. All duties ordered by the British Officers shall be carried out by the
Sowars in turn according to roster.
6. The Officer Commanding or in charge of a Company must keep a roster
book and conduct the duty agreeably to the above rule.
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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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