'Statement of Offences imputed by the Government of India to His Highness Mulhar Rao Guikwar and to be enquired into by Special Commission'
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The statement details the four offences which His Highness Mulhar Rao [Malharrao] Guikwar [Gaekwad] is accused of: That His Highness, through agents and in person, held secret communications for improper purposes with some of the servants employed by Colonel Phayre, the Resident at Baroda. That ...
Letter No. 316 P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, the Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [Calcutta] to Lewis Pelly, the Agent to the Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda
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Letter regarding letter No 150 A P which explains the nature of the enquiry that the commission will be undertaking and stating that general political questions regarding Baroda will be irrelevant to it. The letter also states that references to any such questions, or production of documents rel...
Copy of service telegram No. 298 P from the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
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Telegram regarding a request from the Guikwar [Gaekwar]'s defence for more time to prepare their case and outlining which statements taken by Colonel Phayre they may be supplied with, and which parts of his letters cannot be made available. The telegram also instructs Pelly that a reply to Jef...
Letter No.302P from Frederick Henvey, the Officiating Under Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William to Lewis Pelly, the Agent to the Governor General and Special Commissioner at Baroda
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Brief letter informing Pelly that the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook) approves of his proceedings contained within a letter to the Advocate General at Bombay (Andrew Scoble) and a yad? to the address of His Highness Mulhar Rao Guicowar [Gaekwar].
Copy of a service telegram from the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
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Telegram informing Pelly that accommodation would be required for the Chiefs of Scindia (Jayaji Rao Scindia) and Jeypore [Jaipur] (Sawai Ram Singh II) as well as for all the members of the Baroda Commission.
Copy of a service telegram from the Foreign Secretary, Barrackpore to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
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Telegram informing Pelly that there are objections to including documents relating to Phayre's removal from Scinde [Sindh] or his covering letter to Khareeta of 2 November 1874 in the Commission and that a fuller telegraph on the matter will be sent the next day.
Copy of a service telegram from the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General and Special Commissioner at Baroda
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Telegram requesting that Pelly instruct the Counsel not to open the case as proposed by Jonathan Duncan Inverarity, or to use the documents mentioned as showing motive on the part of the Guikwar [Gaekwar] (Malharrao), as it would lead to a change in the enquiry into a political one and potential...
Copy of a service telegram from the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
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Telegram responding to queries by the Commission and informing Pelly that Colonel Robert Phayre's departure from Sindh has no bearing on the Commission and that the Colonel should be free to tell his own story; and that the commission should not show Colonel Phayre's letter of 2 November 1874 in...
