Indian Civil Service

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The Indian Civil Service was the elite administrative bureaucracy of British rule in India, responsible for governing and managing the colonial state's key functions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bureaucracy ⓘ
civil service ⓘ
colonial administrative service ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ICS ⓘ
Imperial Civil Service ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British India ⓘ
British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
controlledBy Secretary of State for India ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
describedAs steel frame of British rule in India ⓘ
dissolved 1947 ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
eligibilityRestriction Indians gradually admitted ⓘ
initially restricted to British subjects ⓘ
employer British Crown ⓘ
examinationLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
hasEthnicComposition minority Indian officers ⓘ
predominantly British ⓘ
hasGenderComposition overwhelmingly male ⓘ
headquartersLocation Calcutta ⓘ
New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
inception 1858 ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Indian Civil Service Act 1861 ⓘ
notableMember Allan Octavian Hume ⓘ
Cornwallis ⓘ
linked to: Charles Cornwallis

Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Satyendranath Tagore ⓘ
Subhas Chandra Bose ⓘ
Surendranath Banerjee ⓘ
Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
partOf Government of India (British Raj) ⓘ
linked to: British India
precededBy East India Company civil service ⓘ
replacedBy Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
Pakistan Civil Service ⓘ
responsibleFor collection of land revenue ⓘ
district administration ⓘ
implementation of colonial policies ⓘ
law and order ⓘ
maintenance of civil administration ⓘ
revenue administration ⓘ
selectionMethod competitive examination ⓘ
merit-based recruitment ⓘ
significantEvent opening of examinations in India in 1922 ⓘ
transfer of power in 1947 ⓘ

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British India → introducedInstitution → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
British India → introducedInstitution → Indian Police Service (colonial predecessor) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Indian Civil Service → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Civil Service ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Indian Civil Service → legalBasis → Indian Civil Service Act 1861 ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Viceroy of India → supervises → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Burma (until 1937) → partOf → Indian Civil Service jurisdiction ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Bombay Legislative Council → partOf → British colonial administration in India ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Indian Civil Service → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Civil Service ⓘ
subject linked to: ICS
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Indian Administrative Service → precededBy → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Pakistan Civil Service → predecessor → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Secretary of State for India → hasAuthorityOver → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Secretary of State for India → hasAuthorityOver → Indian Political Service ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Satyendranath Tagore → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Montford Reforms → implementedBy → British colonial administration in India ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces → partOf → British Indian civil administration ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Allan Octavian Hume → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Michael O’Dwyer → positionHeld → Indian Civil Service officer ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Michael O’Dwyer → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Indian Foreign Service → predecessor → Indian Civil Service (Imperial) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
George Norton → partOf → British colonial administration in India ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
India Office → employs → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
subject linked to: India Office in London
Indian Administrative Service → predecessor → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
subject linked to: IAS
Thar and Parkar District → colonialAdministration → British Indian civil service ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Subhas Chandra Bose → passedExam → Indian Civil Service examination ⓘ
subject linked to: Netaji
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Subhas Chandra Bose → resignedFrom → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
subject linked to: Netaji
Political Department of the Government of India → employer → Indian Civil Service officers ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Morarji Desai → resignedFrom → British Indian Civil Service ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Government of British India → controls → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Indian Foreign Service → predecessor → Indian Civil Service (ICS) – external affairs branch ⓘ
subject linked to: IFS
linked to: Indian Civil Service
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Sir Richard Strachey → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
C. D. Deshmukh → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Governor of the United Provinces → associatedWith → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Philip Mason → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
subject linked to: Philip Woodruff
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
St. John Philby → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Francis Gore → memberOf → British colonial service ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Indian Political Service → partOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
British administration in Awadh → implementedBy → British Indian Civil Service ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Mortimer Durand → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Cecil Clementi → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
John Colville → partOf → British Indian civil service ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
Aditya Nath Jha → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
civil services of India → historicalPrecursor → Indian Civil Service (British India) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Civil Service
George Abraham Grierson → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Dharma Vira → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
British policies in India → associatedWith → Indian Civil Service ⓘ
British colonial authorities in India → hasPart → Indian Civil Service ⓘ