Copy Telegram from the Private Secretary to the Governor General (Captain Evelyn Baring), Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
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Telegram regarding Sir Dinkar Rao having received assurances that a full native administration would be restored in Baroda following the enquiry prior to accepting his office as a member of the commission, and regarding his questions relating to the possible need for a new native administration ...
Copy Telegram from to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Private Secretary to the Governor General (Captain Evelyn Baring), Calcutta
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Telegram regarding Pelly having made a return visit to Sir Dinkar Rao and their subsequent interview in which it was determined that Sir Dinkar's desire was for his opinion in matters relating to the native administration and the succession to be given proper consideration and that he would pref...
Copy Telegram from to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Charles Umpherston Aitchison), Calcutta
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Telegram from Pelly suggesting that Aitchison might be interested to see a telegram (folio 12) which Pelly had sent to the Private Secretary to the Viceroy, Captain Evelyn Baring.
Copy Telegram from the Private Secretary to the Governor General (Captain Evelyn Baring), Allahabad to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
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Telegram confirming that Pelly's conversation with Sir Dinkar Rao, reported in his telegram of 15 March (folio 12) had been approved by the Viceroy; and that arrangements were being made to acquaint Pelly fully with the report of the Baroda Commission.
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 ...
