Letter from George Edwin Seward, Residency Surgeon and Superintendent Guikwar [Gakewar]'s Hospitals, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, Governor General's Agent and Special Commissioner
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Letter enclosing a report from John Extrop who had been deputed by Seward to visit Gunput Rao Bulvunt and ascertain the condition of his health. The letter states his exact medical condition and requests permission to go and visit him and report further on his exact condition. The report by Joh...
Letter No.58 of 1875 from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent Governor General and Special Commissioner administering the Baroda State to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla
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Letter forwarding a list of all persons now under arrest or detention or released by the orders of or with the cognizance of the present Baroda Administration. The list consists of thirty-six individuals, of which twenty are under detention or surveillance and lists the locations of these indi...
Pages from the Times of India Reporting on Matters in Baroda Including the Arrest of the Gaekwar
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Four pages from the Times of India, 16 January 1875 containing articles and reports relating to affairs in Baroda. The articles are entitled: The Gaekwar's property Affairs at Baroda Latest telegraphic intelligence: the crisis at Baroda Latest particulars: The surrender of the Guns The court for...
Private Letters to Lewis Pelly from Various Persons Concerning Affairs in Baroda.
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Correspondence relating to the conclusion of the Baroda Commission and the production of the report on its findings, including a minute produced by Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India) on the events of the previous two years and the findings of the Co...
Two pencil notes written by Lewis Pelly, one dated 14 January 1875 and the other 18 January 1875, possibly replies to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. The notes relate to forty lakhs of money which had allegedly been removed from Baroda and was intende...
Telegram from Edmond Robert Wodehouse, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Parell to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
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Telegram informing Pelly of the findings of the Baroda Commission that an attempt on Colonel Robert Phayre's life was made by individuals under instruction from Malharrao, Gaekwar of Baroda; that the Gaekwar had held secret communications with servants in the employ of Colonel Phayre and that he...
Letter from Andrew Richard Scoble, Mahableshwur [Mahābaleshwar] to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter asking Pelly what he thought of the outcome of Baroda affairs, his disappointment that the opinions of the three English Commissioners were not acted on, and regarding the way in which the English newspapers were misled on the matter. The letter goes on to consider the various native Chi...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Gorton Castle, Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked private, regarding the settling of Baroda affairs and a resolution on the subject which will be made public. The letter discusses the divisions between the English and Native members of the commission, the court's decision to accept the English outcome and the 'misunderstanding an...
