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Letter from Gunpatrao and Khanderao, Gaikwads, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General, and Special Commissioner, Baroda [13r] (1/8)
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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To
Sir LEWIS PELLY, K.C.S.I, &c., &c., &c.,
Agent to the Governor-General, and
Special Commissioner, Baroda.
Respected Sir,
We beg to submit herewith, a Memorial, to the address of His Excellency
the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, praying that our claims
to the Gadi of Baroda will receive the favourable consideration of His Excellency
in Council, if it is found necessary to effect a change in the administration of
Baroda ; and we shall feel extremely obliged by your kindly forwarding it to its
destination, with such observations as you may be pleased to -offer thereon.
We trust that your own personal knowledge of the conduct and general bearing
of the different claimants and their families, coupled with that derived from 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, will no doubt go to form a correct opinion about them.
Hoping the accompanying Memorial will meet with your cordial support,
We beg to remain,
Respected Sir,
Yours obedient and obliged Servants,
GUNPATRAO and KHANDERAO, GAIKWADS.
[True Copy.]
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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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- 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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