Indian Civil Service

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bureaucracy civil service colonial administrative service

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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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Indian Civil Service canonical	29
British colonial administration in India	3
British Indian Civil Service	2
British Indian civil service	2
Imperial Civil Service	2
British Indian civil administration	1
British colonial service	1
Indian Civil Service (British India)	1
Indian Civil Service (ICS) – external affairs branch	1
Indian Civil Service (Imperial)	1
Indian Civil Service Act 1861	1
Indian Civil Service examination	1
Indian Civil Service jurisdiction	1
Indian Civil Service officer	1
Indian Civil Service officers	1
Indian Police Service (colonial predecessor)	1
Indian Political Service	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bureaucracy ⓘ civil service ⓘ colonial administrative service ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	ICS ⓘ Indian Civil Service ⓘ surface form: Imperial Civil Service
appliesToJurisdiction	British India ⓘ British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj
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, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
hasEthnicComposition	minority Indian officers ⓘ predominantly British ⓘ
hasGenderComposition	overwhelmingly male ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Calcutta ⓘ New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
inception	1858 ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ Indian Civil Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Indian Civil Service Act 1861
notableMember	Allan Octavian Hume ⓘ Charles Cornwallis ⓘ surface form: Cornwallis Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ Satyendranath Tagore ⓘ Subhas Chandra Bose ⓘ Surendranath Banerjee ⓘ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ surface form: Vallabhbhai Patel
partOf	British India ⓘ surface form: Government of India (British Raj)
precededBy	East India Company College ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (50)

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

British India → introducedInstitution → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Police Service (colonial predecessor)

Indian Civil Service → alsoKnownAs → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Civil Service

Indian Civil Service → legalBasis → Indian Civil Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Civil Service Act 1861

Viceroy of India → supervises → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

Burma (until 1937) → partOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Civil Service jurisdiction

Bombay Legislative Council → partOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration in India

ICS → alsoKnownAs → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Indian Civil Service

this entity surface form: Imperial 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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Political Service

Satyendranath Tagore → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

Montford Reforms → implementedBy → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration in India

Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces → partOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian civil administration

Allan Octavian Hume → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

Michael O’Dwyer → positionHeld → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Civil Service officer

Michael O’Dwyer → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

Indian Foreign Service → predecessor → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Civil Service (Imperial)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

George Norton → partOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration in India

India Office in London → employs → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

subject surface form: India Office

IAS → predecessor → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Indian Administrative Service

Thar and Parkar District → colonialAdministration → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian civil service

Netaji → passedExam → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Subhas Chandra Bose

this entity surface form: Indian Civil Service examination

Netaji → resignedFrom → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Subhas Chandra Bose

Political Department of the Government of India → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Civil Service officers

Morarji Desai → resignedFrom → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Civil Service

Government of British India → controls → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

IFS → predecessor → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Indian Foreign Service

this entity surface form: Indian Civil Service (ICS) – external affairs branch

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 Woodruff → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Philip Mason

Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

St. John Philby → employer → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

Francis Gore → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial service

Indian Political Service → partOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

British administration in Awadh → implementedBy → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian Civil Service

Mortimer Durand → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

Cecil Clementi → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

John Colville → partOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Indian civil service

Aditya Nath Jha → memberOf → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

Central Superior Services of Pakistan → predecessor → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

civil services of India → historicalPrecursor → Indian Civil Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Civil Service (British India)

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 ⓘ