Enclosures of Letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.213, dated 27 November 1874: Nos. 3 to 31 of Abstract of Contents, from Foreign Department, Fort William [‎22v] (44/102)

them to cultivate and follow peaceable occupations; and although the Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
of these men have spontaneously initiated the system in Baroda territory, yet
it will be seen from the accompaniments to this letter that 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). , instead
of supporting and encouraging it, is doing all in its power to drive this ignorant
but warlike race to desperation.
3. The Sindhees and Arabs in the Baroda State are the least under con
trol, and more likely than any others of the military classes to attempt to obtain
their just rights by rebellion.
4. I need scarcely say that the system of populating the large extent
of unoccupied and waste lands which now exists on the Baroda State by the
superfluous military element in the service is one, which if rightly applied, would
soon prove to be of the greatest benefit to the Baroda State, and provide a
remedy for the gross injustice and consequent danger of turning large num
bers of old and faithful soldiers adrift without compensation, gratuity, or
pension.
—Attention is solicited to the Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. cases, Nos. 9, 11, 13, 15 and 30,
Appendix A., Schedule II. Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. and Military Classes No. 1.
No. 1986, dated 20th October 1874.
From—Resident at Baroda,
To—His Highness the Gaekwar of Baroda.
R eferring to my yad % No. 2693, dated 8th Novemb r last year, and to
the recent ebullition of discontent amongst
• Copy appended with 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). reply. ^ military of t he State, I beg
to bring specially to Your Highness' notice the accompanying petition received
this day from a number of Sindhees, the adherents of Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. , &c., some ot
whom have for some y^ars past taken to cultivation in \ our Highness' mehals
in order to obtain a livelihood.
Instead of such a desirable mode of providing for superfluous military
retainers being encouraged, as it ought to be, it appears from the petition of
these poor people that the very reverse is the case. I request, therefore, that
Your Highness will at once order that substantial justice be done in this case
which has been so strongly inculcated by His Excellency the Viceroy and
Governor-General in his khureeta An important letter usually sent in an elaborate textile pouch, dispatched as part of the royal or diplomatic correspondence of rulers and elites. of the 25th July last.
Now that the peace of the country is endangered on all sides, 1 must beg
seriously to press upon Your Highness' notice that nothing short of an imme
diate performance of the promises which you have from time to time made to
Government during the last year and upwards will satisfy His Excellency the
Viceroy and Governor-General that there is any meaning or reality in those
promises.
P.S. —Copy of petition of Sindhees forwarded 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). on the day of
the Dussera, 1874.
Petition dated October 1874=Also Sud St. 1921.
Prom— S indhee G uja M ithoo M eea , and 19 others,
To—Resident at Baroda.
T he petition of the undersigned Sindhees of the Gaekwar Government
* Vide Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. . ' residing in the villages of the Baroda Attursooin-
Compiant No. is, Appendix q .. Com- ba Khyraloo Pergunnahs. Our officer. Shah Maho-
miusioners' Report. med* bin Radhunnieea's ancestor, the late Hamed
Jemadar entered the service of the Gaekwar Government in about Sumbut
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