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 [‎36r] (71/102)

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generally, though, so far as I am aware, the Ghantoo Thakoor and his followers
were alone implicated in the Deyrole business.
P.S. Since writing the above I have heard that in the Kurree and Patton
ergunnas unduly severe measures are being taken to collect the arrears of the
guddee nuzzerana or accession tax; and, with reference thereto, to solicit early
orders about advising His Highness the Gaekwar not to levy accession nuzzerana
where there is a fixed land settlement.
No. 1613, dated Baroda, 29th August 1874.
From—Resident at Baroda,
To—His Ilig-hness the Gaekwar of Baroda.
I n December 1872 theBoundary Commissioner, Lieutenant Staee, decided
a long standing boundary dispute between Ghantoo in Your HWiness' BeeK
poor I ergunna and Deyrole in the Subur Kanta Talooka of the Mahee Kanta
11 *i 2 ' ,, TT IT i S '!' leSS ' K am< lar accompanied Lieutenant Staceat the time and
all the details of the settlement are known to 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). : Lieutenant Stacp's
decision being that the river Sobumute being the true boundary be'tween the
■vi ages of Ghantoo and Deyrole, and that the whole of the disputed land on the
Deyrole ^ ^ that ia the bed of the river helonged to
n87 o{ t ' le 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 that in February last year
fl873) the lhakoor of Ghantoo, disregarding this settlement, went to cultivate
the disputed land which had been given over to Deyrole, and committed some
No. 1613, dated 29th August. damage, as brought to the notice of 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). in
i . , 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. 499, dated 4th March 1873 and
subsequent correspondence with 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). . '
4. From this correspondence, which lasted for about seven months it
appeared that the Ghantoo Thakoor brought counter charges against the
Xhakoor of Deyrole for having seized some cattle of his and for bavin" wounded
one of his men &c.; but at length 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). in their yad. No. 2147 dated
7th October 1873, agreed to hand over the Ghantoo Thakoor and eight other
offenders to 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. , Mahee Kanfte, for trial, on the strength of
the prima facie cases furnished 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. , Major LeGeyt. '
A 5 ;. 0 J ^T 6 A P 1 ' il last 1 forwarded to 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). a copy of Political
Agents yad No. 261, dated 15th April 1874, in which it was intimated that
the TW f T® e ? settled between the two Thakoors and a razeenama -iven bv
the Deyiole ihakoor that he was satisfied. 0
ii rn! , 14 n ? w appears, however, that notwithstanding this
the lhakoor of Ghantoo again obstructed the cultivation of the land in oues
tiou as brought to Your Highness' notice in 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. 1457 dated
7th instant, when I requested 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). to take speedv measures in t lie matter
in order to prevent a recurrence of last year's obstruction. r
7. No reply to that yad has been re me, and I have now a^ain
J'l i 0 ^ 1 ' fol ' ward f, ' r Your Highness' information copies of vad No ;!5'37
dated 22nd instant, and accompaniments to my address from the Political Wnt'
Mahee Kanta, containing an account of further serious offences cnmmiitwi i '
the lhakoor of Ghautoo and others with him in Deyrole limits and to t ■ '"1
hat as the Ghantoo Thakoor is thus alleged to L4 be^guUty ^f uXw
lully assembling an armed force for the purpose of rioting within the limits of
Deyrole lalooka, Sabur Kanta, under the Mahee Kanta immedint
may be taken by Your Highnes's to put a stop to
8. The prima facie case promised by Major LeGeyt will be sent to Your
Highness as soon as received with a view to the surrender of the Thakoor and
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