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1611. Mss Eur F126/93

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/93
Title:
Report by the Viceroy, Lord Northbrook, giving his View on the Conduct of Affairs in Baroda
Scope & Content:
The confidential report gives a brief explanation of the State of Baroda and its rulership, before setting out the transactions relating to the State of Baroda from 18 March 1873, when Colonel Phayre was appointed as British Resident, to 9 April 1875. The report outlines the maladministration ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1875
Extent:

1 file (7 folios)

1612. Mss Eur F126/94

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/94
Title:
Notes and Memoranda by Lewis Pelly on the Situation in Baroda
Scope & Content:
Drafts and copies of Pelly's reports, memorandums and notes on the situation in Baroda following his appointment there as Special Commissioner. The notes recount the period 1873-1874 and give background information on how the situation in Baroda arose; and the draft reports and memorandum consi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1875-Mar 1875
Extent:

1file, 5 items (40 folios)

1613. Mss Eur F126/94, ff 1-17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/94, ff 1-17
Title:
Jan 7 1875 - Sir L. Pelly to F.S. [Foreign Secretary] Rough Draft
Scope & Content:
Rough draft, in pencil with crossings through and annotations, of a letter from Sir Lewis Pelly, Special Commissioner at Baroda to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Charles Umpherston Aitchison. The draft discusses Pelly's duty to bring to a conclusion the investigation into th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jan 1875
Extent:
17 folios

1614. Mss Eur F126/94, ff 18-19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/94, ff 18-19
Title:
Account of the events of 7 February 1875
Scope & Content:
An account of the process which Sir Lewis Pelly was instructed to follow by the Government of India in arranging an interview with Damodhur Purt (the confidential secretary to the Gaekwar), and subsequently in holding an interview with the Gaekwar (Malharrao) in which the Gaekwar was offered the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1875
Extent:
2 folios

1615. Mss Eur F126/94, ff 20-25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/94, ff 20-25
Title:
Sir Lewis Pelly's opinions on the evidence against the Gaekwar of Baroda
Scope & Content:
The document gives Lewis Pelly's opinions on the evidence that has been compiled against the Gaekwar of Baroda (Malharrao) for the charge of communicating with, and bribing, Residency servants for the purposes of obtaining information, and concerns the question of whether the Gaekwar instigated ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
6 folios

1616. Mss Eur F126/94, ff 26-33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/94, ff 26-33
Title:
Part of Sir Lewis Pelly's Report to the Government of India on Baroda
Scope & Content:
Sections thirty-five to fifty of Lewis Pelly's report to the Government of India on the situation in Baroda. The draft version of these sections can be found at folios 10v-16. These sections include questions on the nature of the charges that should be brought against individuals and who those ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
8 folios

1617. Mss Eur F126/94, ff 34-39

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/94, ff 34-39
Title:
'Notes on the Baroda business'
Scope & Content:
Lewis Pelly's notes on events in Baroda 1873-1874 leading up to his appointment as Special Commissioner in Baroda. The notes comprise references to letters and documents in the left hand column and his thoughts on the matters contained within them in the right hand column. Pelly's observations a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
6 folios

1618. Mss Eur F126/95

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/95
Title:
Letters from claimants to the succession of Baroda State 1875
Scope & Content:
The file primarily contains letters from relatives of Mulharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda, who wished to present their claims to the succession in Baroda should Mulharrao be deposed. Also contained within the file are a petition from the Sirdars to the Agent to the Governor-General at Baroda, Philip ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1875-Oct 1880
Extent:

1 file, 5 items (27 folios)

1619. Mss Eur F126/95, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/95, ff 2-3
Title:
Guarantee of immunity from prosecution issued by Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Copy of the written guarantee, given to Damodur Trimbuck Nenay, Private Secretary to His Highness the Gaekwar of Baroda (Malharrao), that he would be granted a free pardon and immunity to his person and property on condition that he provided evidence concerning the attempt to poison Colonel Robe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1875
Extent:
2 folios

1620. Mss Eur F126/95, ff 4-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/95, ff 4-12
Title:
Letter from the Respectful Memorial of Sudashiv Rao Guicowar, alias Rao Saheb, a resident of the City of Baroda to His Excellency the Right Honourable Thomas George Baring, Baron Northbrook of Stratton, Viceroy and Governor General of India in Council
Scope & Content:
Three copies of a letter from Sudashiv Rao regarding the recent actions of his uncle Mulhar Rao Guicowar (Gaekwar) and his hopes that such actions would not reflect badly on the rest of the Royal Family, and that should a successor be required that the Government would look first to the legal he...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1875
Extent:
9 folios