Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.17, dated 22 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 26 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William [‎143v] (86/90)

Enclosure No 17-
No. 450-1493, dated Barotla, 31st December 1874.
From—C ol. Sir L. P elly, K.C.S.I., Agent, Govr.-Genl. and Special Commr., Baroda
To—C. Gonne, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. .
1 HAVE the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 7665 of
17th instant, concerning the circumstances attending the alleged marriage of
His Highness the Gaekwar with Luxmee Baee, and the birth of a son to 0 His
Highness; forwarding also a khureeta An important letter usually sent in an elaborate textile pouch, dispatched as part of the royal or diplomatic correspondence of rulers and elites. from the Viceroy to the address nf fl.o
Gaekwar to be delivered to him.
2. It appeared to me that il 1 at the present moment carried into effect
the instructions contained in paragraph 2 of the Government of India Jpttpr
No. 2739P. of the 12th instant, I might tend to reagitate the public mind
in the Gaekwar's territories in regard to the rights of the infant. For " to
cause such honors to be paid as are usual on the occasion of the birth of a
son to the Gaekwar" might lead the nobles and other classes to the conclusion
that the Government of India recognized the legitimacy of the infant md
that the infant would in all probability inherit the Gadee/ And the entertain
ment of this inference by those classes might, I think during the present crisis
prove inconvenient. o i
3. Accordingly I submitted a telegram to the Foreign Secretary reanest
ing permission to suspend action in the matter until His Excellencv the
\ iceroy and Governor-General in Council should receive my present renort
My request Mas acceded to, and the khureeta An important letter usually sent in an elaborate textile pouch, dispatched as part of the royal or diplomatic correspondence of rulers and elites. remains with me.
i- f 'n t' lis an d under the peculiar circumstances in
w l 0 ' 1 , now finds itself, time is on our side, and I would deferentially sue-
est that the khureeta An important letter usually sent in an elaborate textile pouch, dispatched as part of the royal or diplomatic correspondence of rulers and elites. he left undelivered for the present; and that when if shall
he delivered care be taken to avoid all risk of the community in General be n"
led to attribute to the khureeta An important letter usually sent in an elaborate textile pouch, dispatched as part of the royal or diplomatic correspondence of rulers and elites. any tenor or intention other than the bald
acknowledgment of the Gaekwar's khureeta An important letter usually sent in an elaborate textile pouch, dispatched as part of the royal or diplomatic correspondence of rulers and elites. announcing the birth of the infant
Dated Bombay Castle, January 1875.
from C. Gonne, Esq., Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
T ^ CO T„ E Lt,ot:Ba^ 1 ' KCS I " Asent ' «~«enera,, and Special
ultimo?. e reCeipt 0f your letter dated the 31st
Viceroy to ffis ffighn^Mumaf B^o P hy llis the
son to His Highness Gaekwar on the occasion of the birth of a
the suggJs^okte^dt^he V'n 0 that | G 7~t —ur with you in
ment o? India will be addresfed ^ letter • a,jd the GoV ' era -
No. 32, dated Bombay Castle, 5th January 1875.
m p ^ 0NNE ' Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ,
w " ITCHlS0Nj Es( l^ Secy, to the Govt, of India, Foreign Department.
accompanlmontr^onnec^rw-^I ^ 2739P " dated the 12th ^d its
Gaekwar, I am dieted to ''f blrtl1 f a s<,n to His Highness Mulhar Rao
India, the enclosed copv of n h / 0 y0U, ' submissl0n to tlie Government of
. K , ^ er fro "i the Governor-General's Agent and Speci-
o. 31. dated 5th January 1875. a! toinmissioner, Baroda,^No. 450 -1493, of the 31st
idem together with copy of the letter * sent to Sir
Lewis Pelly in reply.
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Exd—J. T. F.