Memorandum from Lewis Pelly to Sir Richard Meade, his successor at Baroda, regarding the administration and organisation of the Residency
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The following matters are detailed in the memorandum: The organisation of Lewis Pelly's private office, giving the location of various confidential and important papers kept there, along with the cypher code for confidential correspondence. The submission of progress reports regarding revenue ad...
Report by the Viceroy, Lord Northbrook, giving his View on the Conduct of Affairs in Baroda
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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 ...
Notes and Memoranda by Lewis Pelly on the Situation in Baroda
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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...
Jan 7 1875 - Sir L. Pelly to F.S. [Foreign Secretary] Rough Draft
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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...
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...
Sir Lewis Pelly's opinions on the evidence against the Gaekwar of Baroda
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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 ...
Part of Sir Lewis Pelly's Report to the Government of India on Baroda
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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 ...
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...
Letters from claimants to the succession of Baroda State 1875
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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 ...
Guarantee of immunity from prosecution issued by Sir Lewis Pelly
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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...
