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'Baroda Enquiry Commission Report, 1874' [239v] (483/502)
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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weather, their horses require the whole wet season to recover condition. Further
must be deducted from this number 832 for duty, a fair proportion of men on
leave and sick, or with sick horses requiring rest from duty, so that we are re
duced to 800 men. Again to be deducted from these we have men whose horses
have died, and who are allowed two months in which to replace them, an average
of 5, giving an actual total for service of 795 as shewn below ;—
Total of Contingent 900
Deduct—
Non-effectives at Head Quarters 68
Men on leave, 3 per cent 27
Horses sick — 5
Horses died ' — 6
105
Grand total for duty 795
The duties may be stated as Outpost and Escort 707
Carrying Pay to Outposts 25
Relieving Sick, &c 25
At Head Quarters 143
Total.... 900
Deducting the 68 "Non-effectives" from 143 "remaining at Head Quar
ters," there are really but 75 left to meet sudden calls.
17. It appears to me absolutely necessary that either the work of the Con
tingent should be reduced, or its strength increased. On the first point I have
applied to you for the return to this Province of the 30 Sowars lent in time of
emergency to Okhamandal. If it is necessary to have an increased strength of
Sowars in that District, which is under separate
Durbar
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management, I am of
opinion the men should be supplied direct from Baroda. I have also, on more
than one occasion, requested the
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.
to endeavour to dispense with
some of the numerous outposts now supplied by the Force, but all I have suc
ceeded is to get, up to the end of December last, the outposts and escorts down
to 707 men.
18. I beg to append a list showing 176 men of this Contingent who are
now employed on duties which should, I consider, be paid for by Talukdars.
19. In this Province if a small Talukdar is unable or unwilling to properly
conduct his duties, one or more Thanadars as necessary are appointed by the
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.
, with the requisite Police Patawalas, &c., to form a Thana. Office,
Jails, and Lines for the Police and Peons are built and all expenses paid by the
Talukdar. To complete the Thana, however, it is found necessary to employ
Howars, and the easiest mode of obtaining these is to draw on this Contingent.
A party is supplied, but not paid for by the Talukdar, as all the other officials
are, and if Horse Lines are wanted. His Highness the Gaekwar is called upon to
build and pay for them. Why the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
should not furnish Sowars as well as
Thanadars, Police, &c., at the cost of the Talukdar, I am unable at present to see.
20. There are 155 of the Contingent employed as above-mentioned, their
duties being those of escorting prisoners belonging to the Taluka, and carrying
postal or other correspondence, the pay of the members of the Thana, and accom
panying the Thanadar whenever he goes out of his Thana. I am of opinion that
all these duties might be performed by Sowars chosen from a civil body of men.
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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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