IPS (British India)

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IPS (British India) refers to the Indian Political Service, a cadre of British colonial administrators responsible for managing relations with princely states and frontier regions in British-ruled India.

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Label Occurrences
IPS (British India) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative cadre ⓘ
colonial civil service ⓘ
activity mediation in succession disputes in princely states ⓘ
negotiation of treaties and agreements with princely states ⓘ
political control of North-West Frontier regions ⓘ
representation of Viceroy to princely rulers ⓘ
supervision of external affairs of princely states ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IPS (British India) ⓘ
Indian Political Service of British India ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing Indian independence ⓘ
employer Secretary of State for India ⓘ
endTime 1947 ⓘ
formedFrom British Indian Army officers (seconded) ⓘ
Indian Civil Service ⓘ
headquarters New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
jurisdiction frontier regions of British India ⓘ
princely states of India ⓘ
legalStatus imperial service ⓘ
notableRegionOfOperation Baluchistan ⓘ
Central India Agency ⓘ
Hyderabad State ⓘ
North-West Frontier Province ⓘ
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Rajputana princely states ⓘ
operatedBy British Government ⓘ
parentAgency Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India ⓘ
partOf Government of India (British Raj) ⓘ
politicalStatus elite service within British Indian administration ⓘ
primaryRole diplomatic liaison between British Crown and Indian princes ⓘ
management of relations with princely states ⓘ
political administration of frontier areas ⓘ
recruitmentPolicy primarily British officers ⓘ
recruitmentSource British Army officers ⓘ
Indian Civil Service (ICS) ⓘ
relatedService Indian Civil Service ⓘ
Indian Political Department ⓘ
responsibility advising rulers of princely states ⓘ
border and frontier political administration ⓘ
maintaining British paramountcy in princely states ⓘ
overseeing treaties with princely states ⓘ
political intelligence gathering in frontier regions ⓘ
selectionCriteria experience in frontier or political work ⓘ
knowledge of Indian languages (often required) ⓘ
shortName IPS ⓘ
startTime early 20th century ⓘ
subordinateTo Foreign and Political Department (Government of India) ⓘ
successor Indian Administrative Service (for many civil functions) ⓘ
Indian Foreign Service (for some external and diplomatic functions) ⓘ
timePeriod British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Political Service → alsoKnownAs → IPS (British India) ⓘ
Indian Political Service → alsoKnownAs → IPS (British India) ⓘ
subject linked to: IPS (British India)