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Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [54v] (6/100)
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No. 42.—To Aijent to the Gover
nor-General and
sioner, Baroda.
13/^ January 1875, j V o . 114^4.P.
(Copy to Bombay Government with docket No. 114B.P., dated
13th January 1875.)
Acknowledges receipt of his letter
Special Commis- dated 7th instant, submitting the inform -
ation obtained by the Commissioner
of Bombay Police in regard to the
attempt to poison Colonel Phayre, C.B.,
late Uesident at Baroda, together with
Mr. Sonter's report and the opinion of
the Advocate-General of Bombay, and
communicates the determination of the
Government of India to suspend His
Highness Mulhar Bao Gaekwar from
the exercise of power and temporarily
to assume the administration of the
Baroda State. Encloses copy of a Pro
clamation sent him by telegraph which
is to be translated carefully and accu
rately into the Vernacular and published
through the Baroda territories. In
forms him that as soon as Proclamation is
issued the administration of the Baroda
State vests in him and he will have all
the responsibilities of Government.
Communicates orders for the arrest, con-
finment, and treatment of the Gaekwar,
and the measures to be adopted for
a careful investigation of the charge
against him which will form the sub
ject of enquiry by a Commission. Mr.
Souter to continue his enquiry. The
persons more immediately concerned in
the attempt to murder Colonel Phayre
will be dealt with hereafter.
N o. 43.—To the Agent to the Gov
ernor-General and Special Commis
sioner, Baroda.
liith January 1875, No. 117P.
(Copy to Bombay Government for information with docket No.
118P., dated 14th January 1876.)
No. 44.—Telegram to Sir L. Pell v.
*
14M January 1875.
Requests him to report who are the
surviving representatives of the Gaek-
war's house and what are their respec
tive claims to be selected to rule the
Baroda State, in the event of Mulhar Rao
Gaekwar being permanently set aside.
Calls for any suggestions he may desire
to make as to the mode of re-establish
ing a Native Administration at Baroda.
Directinsr him to take
legal
steps
through Solicitor to Bombay Govern
ment to impound all monies of Gaek
war in any bank in Bombay, as Govern
ment of India claim them as property
of State of Baroda.
No. 45.—Telegram from Sir L.
Pelly.
14M January 1875.
Reporting steps taken promptly to
give effect to order of Government re
garding arrest of the Gaekwar and pro
mulgation of the proclamation of the
Government of India.
Exd.—R. T. B.
Offg, Under-Secy. to the Govt, of India.
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The enclosures relate to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, formerly Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Baroda, including the Colonels interviews with the staff at 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. on duty the day of the poisoning, and the implication that the Gaekwar of Baroda had ordered it. Also discussed are the subsequent enquiry into the affairs of the Gaekwar, both financial and personal, and concerns that such an enquiry and any subsequent trial could lead to civil disturbances in Baroda.
The enclosed correspondence is between the Secretary to Government at Bombay (Charles Gonne); Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department (Charles Umpherston Aitchison and Frederick Henvey - Officiating Under-Secretary); Agent, Governor-General for Rajputana [Rājasthān] and Special Commissioner at Baroda (Lewis Pelly); the Viceroy of India (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook); the Advocate-General at Bombay (Andrew Scoble); and the Commissioner of Police at Bombay (Frank Henry Souter).
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- Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William
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