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Letter from Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter, In charge, Agent Governor General's Office, Rajputana [Rājasthān], Abu to Lieutenant-Colonel Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy
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Letter enclosing a memorandum, dated 6 September 1876, for the attention of His Excellency the Viceroy (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Second Baron Lytton), giving his views on the personal concessions and acts of grace that would be suitable for the Chiefs of Rajputana [Rājasthān] at the forthcoming Imp...
Report of the Baroda Enquiry Commission on the administration of the government of Malharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda. The Commission comprised Richard John Meade (President), Edward William Ravenscroft, Mumtazul Dowlah Nawab Faiz Ali Khan, Colonel Alfred Thomas Etheridge and Thomas Duncan Mackenzie (...
Papers, reports, correspondence, memorandums, notes and proclamations relating to events in Baroda 1873 to 1875 and Sir Lewis Pelly's appointment there as Special Commissioner. The events in question revolved around allegations of the maladministration of the Baroda State by Malhar Rao, Gaekwar...
Statement of witnesses taken by Col Phayre, Resident at Baroda, of all those individuals who had access to his private office room between 6am and 7am on 9 November 1874 and could have been involved in the attempt to poison him. The statements were prepared by Messrs Hearn, Cleveland, and Lee ...
Letter appointing Lewis Pelly as Agent to the Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda, as a Temporary Measure
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Letter No. 2564 P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, 25 November 1874, to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly informing him of his appointment as Agent to the Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda as a temporary measure whilst the Baroda Enquiry Commission...
Enclosures to Letters and Despatches to the Secretary of State for India regarding affairs in Baroda
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The enclosures comprise letters and telegrams between the Secretary of State for India, Foreign Department (Charles Umpherston Aitchison); Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay (Charles Gonne); Agent, Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Bombay (Lewis Pelly); Resident at Baroda (Co...
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
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Enclosures 3-31 that accompanied letter No.213 to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, with a list of abstracts to the enclosures, comprising mainly correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, the Resident at Baroda, the Gaekwar of Baroda and the Secretary to the Gov...
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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The enclosures relate to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, formerly Political Resident at Baroda, including the Colonels interviews with the staff at the Residency on duty the day of the poisoning, and the implication that the Gaekwar of Baroda had ordered it. Also discussed are ...
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
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The enclosures relate to the progress being made by Lewis Pelly as Special Commissioner at Baroda including improvements to revenue collections, proposals for land settlements, and attempts at arranging discussions to settle grievances and complaints between the Sirdars and Sillidars and the Gae...
Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.18, dated 22 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 30 Abstract of Contents from the Foreign Department, Fort William
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The enclosures consist of correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department (Charles Umpherston Aitchison); Secretary to the Government at Bombay (Charles Gonne); and the Agent, Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda (Lewis Pelly). The correspondenc...
