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 Telegram from the Foreign Secretary, Camp Delhi to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
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Telegram advising Pelly to take legal steps, through the Solicitor to the Government of Bombay, to impound all monies belonging to the Gaekwar in any bank in Bombay, which the Government of India have claimed as property of the state of Baroda. A pencil note from Lewis Pelly, dated 28 March 187...
Proclamation issued by order of the Viceroy and Governor General in Council, Fort William [Calcutta]
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Proclamation drawn up by Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, on behalf of the Viceroy and Governor General in Council. The proclamation outlines the attempt that was made on the life of Colonel Robert Phayre, late British Resident at the Court of His Highness th...
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...
Letter from Adolphus Warburton Moore, India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding questions of ceremonial procedure at Baroda which had been raised by Colonel Robert Phayre. The questions relate to the attendance of the Resident and Troops at the Gunputtee [Ganpati] and Dusseerah [Dussehra] festivals when they fall on a Sunday and asking which of the differen...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Gorton Castle, Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Aitchison's view that the Government of India made cardinal mistakes in their handling of Baroda affairs and outlining his belief in the need for an Imperial feudatory policy. The letter goes on to report on the riots that occurred in the city after Pelly had departed, the dela...
Letter from George Hamilton, Barons Court, Ireland to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter from George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, regarding Pelly remaining in England until November 1876 as he deserves a rest and a holiday.
Telegram from Henry Cleveland, Bombay to Sir Lewis Pelly, Suez
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Telegram informing Pelly that the Gaekwar (Malharrao) had been sent to Madras and that Jumabai (Maharani Jamnabai Sahib Gaekwad, widow of Sir Khanderao II Gaekwad) may adopt Sir Madava Rao to succeed as Gaekwar.
Letter from Gunpatrao and Khanderao, Gaikwads, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General, and Special Commissioner, Baroda
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Letter enclosing a memorial submitted for the attention of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India containing their claims to the Gadi (throne) of Baroda. The memorial contains details of their ancestry in support of their claim, and of the claim of Sadashivrao and their reasons for it not be...