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1. Mss Eur F126/95

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/95
Title:
Letters from claimants to the succession of Baroda State 1875
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1875-Oct 1880
Extent:

1 file, 5 items (27 folios)

2. Mss Eur F126/95, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/95, ff 2-3
Title:
Guarantee of immunity from prosecution issued by Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1875
Extent:
2 folios

3. Mss Eur F126/95, ff 13-16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/95, ff 13-16
Title:
Letter from Gunpatrao and Khanderao, Gaikwads, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General, and Special Commissioner, Baroda
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1875
Extent:
4 folios

4. Mss Eur F126/95, ff 26-27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/95, ff 26-27
Title:
Letter from Damodhur Trinbuck Punt, late Private Secretary to His Highness Mulherao Maharaja, Breach Candy Road No.472, Bombay to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding circumstances that had arisen owing to his having taken part in the trial of His Highness the ex Gaekwad Mulherao Maharaja of Baroda and detailing the guarantee agreed between himself and Pelly for his testimony, in particular the allowance which he had been receiving from the G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1880
Extent:
2 folios

5. Mss Eur F126/95, ff 4-12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/95, ff 4-12
Title:
Letter from the Respectful Memorial of Sudashiv Rao Guicowar, alias Rao Saheb, a resident of the City of Baroda to His Excellency the Right Honourable Thomas George Baring, Baron Northbrook of Stratton, Viceroy and Governor General of India in Council
Scope & Content:
Three copies of a letter from Sudashiv Rao regarding the recent actions of his uncle Mulhar Rao Guicowar (Gaekwar) and his hopes that such actions would not reflect badly on the rest of the Royal Family, and that should a successor be required that the Government would look first to the legal he...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1875
Extent:
9 folios

6. Mss Eur F126/95, ff 17-25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/95, ff 17-25
Title:
Letter from the undersigned Sirdars, etc. of the Baroda Sate to Philip Sandys Melvill, Agent to the Governor-General of India, Baroda
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding the policies being pursued by Sir T Mahadevrao (Sir Tanjore Madavha Rao) in the administration of the Baroda state, which had been entrusted to him owing to the minority of His Highness Sieajeerao Gaekwar (Sayajirao Gaekwad III), which the Sirdars believed had deprived them of s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878
Extent:
9 folios