Letter from Gunpatrao and Khanderao, Gaikwads, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General, and Special Commissioner, Baroda
Mss Eur F126/95, ff 13-16
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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 29 Mar 1875. 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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Letter enclosing a memorial submitted for the attention of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India containing their claims to the Gadi (throne) of Baroda.
The memorial contains details of their ancestry in support of their claim, and of the claim of Sadashivrao and their reasons for it not being supported. The memorial also contains a handwritten note by Lewis Pelly regarding correspondence in 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. records which supports some of the statements made by Gunpatrao and Khanderao in regards to Sadashivrao.
A genealogical table of the Gaikwads of Baroda is also enclosed with the letter and memorial.
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- 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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- Mss Eur F126/95, ff 13-16
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- 29 Mar 1875 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/95, ff 13-16
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- Letter from Gunpatrao and Khanderao, Gaikwads, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General, and Special Commissioner, Baroda
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- 13r:16v
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- Gaekwad, Gunpat Rao
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