Political Department of the Government of India

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colonial administrative body government department

The Political Department of the Government of India was a key administrative branch of the British Indian government responsible for managing relations with princely states and foreign powers connected to India.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Political Department of the Government of India canonical	4
Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India	1
Government departments of British India	1
Ministry of States of the Dominion of India	1
Political Department of British India	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrative body ⓘ government department ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Political and Secret Department ⓘ surface form: Political and Foreign Department (in earlier phases)
archivalMaterialAt	India Office Records ⓘ surface form: British Library, India Office Records National Archives of India ⓘ
associatedWith	British colonial administration in India ⓘ
category	Defunct departments of the Government of India ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
dissolved	after Indian independence in 1947 ⓘ
employer	Indian Civil Service ⓘ surface form: Indian Civil Service officers
existedDuring	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
function	advising the Viceroy on political and diplomatic matters concerning princely states ⓘ control of succession and accession issues in princely states ⓘ management of relations with Indian princely states ⓘ management of relations with neighbouring states connected to India ⓘ negotiation of treaties and agreements with princely states ⓘ supervision of frontier political relations ⓘ
governedBy	policies of British Crown regarding Indian princely states ⓘ
handled	correspondence with rulers of princely states ⓘ matters of salute, titles, and ceremonial precedence of Indian princes ⓘ political intelligence relating to princely states ⓘ questions of paramountcy over princely states ⓘ
headedBy	Secretary in the Political Department ⓘ
historicalRole	key instrument of British paramountcy over Indian princely states ⓘ
influenced	integration process of princely states into independent India ⓘ
jurisdiction	British India ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Calcutta ⓘ New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
oversaw	political agencies in princely states ⓘ residencies in major princely states ⓘ
partOf	Government of British India ⓘ surface form: Government of India (British Raj)
relatedTo	Political Department of the Government of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India
reportedTo	Viceroy of India ⓘ
responsibleFor	diplomatic correspondence relating to Indian external affairs before 1937 ⓘ political relations between the British Indian government and Indian princely rulers ⓘ relations with foreign powers connected to India ⓘ relations with princely states in India ⓘ supervision of political agents in princely states ⓘ
subordinateTo	Executive Council of the Viceroy ⓘ surface form: Viceroy’s Executive Council
succeededBy	Ministry of External Affairs of India ⓘ surface form: Ministry of External Affairs of independent India Political Department of the Government of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ministry of States of the Dominion of India
timePeriod	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
typeOfAdministration	imperial control over semi-autonomous princely states ⓘ

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Description of subject: The Political Department of the Government of India was a key administrative branch of the British Indian government responsible for managing relations with princely states and foreign powers connected to India.

Referenced by (8)

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

Kathiawar Agency → supervisedBy → Political Department of the Government of India ⓘ

Rajputana Agency → administeredBy → Political Department of the Government of India ⓘ

Political Department of the Government of India → succeededBy → Political Department of the Government of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ministry of States of the Dominion of India

Political Department of the Government of India → relatedTo → Political Department of the Government of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India

Tribal Agencies of British India → administeredBy → Political Department of the Government of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Political Department of British India

Indian Political Service → parentOrganization → Political Department of the Government of India ⓘ

Punjab Hill States Agency → administeredBy → Political Department of the Government of India ⓘ

Punjab Prison Department (British India) → category → Political Department of the Government of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government departments of British India