Indian Imperial Police

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colonial police force law enforcement agency

The Indian Imperial Police was the British colonial-era police force in India responsible for law enforcement and maintaining order before independence.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Indian Imperial Police canonical 2
Imperial Police Service 1
Indian Police Service (colonial) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial police force ⓘ
law enforcement agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
basedOn Indian Police Act 1861 ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
dissolved 1947 ⓘ
1948 ⓘ
employs British police officers ⓘ
Imperial Police Service officers ⓘ
Indian police officers ⓘ
hasDuty criminal investigation ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
maintenance of public order ⓘ
political surveillance ⓘ
protection of colonial officials ⓘ
riot control ⓘ
hasPart Indian Imperial Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Police Service

armed police ⓘ
Criminal Investigation Department ⓘ
surface form: criminal investigation department

district police ⓘ
provincial police forces ⓘ
railway police ⓘ
special branch ⓘ
hasRank constable ⓘ
deputy inspector general ⓘ
head constable ⓘ
inspector ⓘ
inspector general ⓘ
sub-inspector ⓘ
superintendent ⓘ
historicalPeriod British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
inception 1861 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalBasis Indian Police Act 1861 ⓘ
notableMember Allan Octavian Hume ⓘ
George Orwell ⓘ
James Crerar ⓘ
operatedIn British India ⓘ
Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
surface form: Burma
parentOrganization Government of British India ⓘ
surface form: Government of India (British Raj)
partOf administration of British India ⓘ
replacedBy Indian Police Service ⓘ
Myanmar Police Force ⓘ
state police forces of India ⓘ
significantEvent reorganization after the 1857 Indian Rebellion ⓘ
transition to Indian Police Service after Indian independence ⓘ
subordinateTo Union government ministries of India ⓘ
surface form: Home Department of the Government of India

Government of Bombay Presidency ⓘ
surface form: provincial governments of British India

Referenced by (5)

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

Indian Police Service → replaced → Indian Imperial Police ⓘ
Government of British India → controls → Indian Imperial Police ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Police Service (colonial)
IPS → precededBy → Indian Imperial Police ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Police Service
Indian Imperial Police → hasPart → Indian Imperial Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Police Service
Punjab Province under British India → policeForce → Indian Imperial Police ⓘ
subject surface form: Punjab Province (British India)
this entity surface form: Punjab Police (British India)