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.

Aliases (11)

British colonial administration in India ×3
Imperial Civil Service ×2
British Indian civil administration ×1
British Indian civil service ×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 Police Service (colonial predecessor) ×1
Indian Political Service ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bureaucracy → civil service → colonial administrative service →
alsoKnownAs	ICS → Imperial Civil Service →
appliesToJurisdiction	British India → 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 → United Kingdom →
hasEthnicComposition	minority Indian officers → predominantly British →
hasGenderComposition	overwhelmingly male →
headquartersLocation	Calcutta → New Delhi →
inception	1858 → 19th century →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalBasis	Government of India Act 1858 → Indian Civil Service Act 1861 →
notableMember	Allan Octavian Hume → Cornwallis → Jawaharlal Nehru → Satyendranath Tagore → Subhas Chandra Bose → Surendranath Banerjee → Vallabhbhai Patel →
partOf	Government of India (British Raj) →
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 →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bombay Legislative Council ("British colonial administration in India") → Burma (until 1937) ("Indian Civil Service jurisdiction") → Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces ("British Indian civil administration") → George Norton ("British colonial administration in India") →	partOf
Allan Octavian Hume → Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay → Satyendranath Tagore →	employer
Indian Administrative Service → Indian Foreign Service ("Indian Civil Service (Imperial)") → Pakistan Civil Service →	predecessor
Indian Civil Service ("Imperial Civil Service") → Indian Civil Service ("Imperial Civil Service") →	alsoKnownAs
Secretary of State for India → Secretary of State for India ("Indian Political Service") →	hasAuthorityOver
British India → British India ("Indian Police Service (colonial predecessor)") →	introducedInstitution
Thar and Parkar District ("British Indian civil service") →	colonialAdministration
India Office →	employs
Montford Reforms ("British colonial administration in India") →	implementedBy
Indian Civil Service ("Indian Civil Service Act 1861") →	legalBasis
Michael O’Dwyer →	memberOf
Subhas Chandra Bose ("Indian Civil Service examination") →	passedExam
Michael O’Dwyer ("Indian Civil Service officer") →	positionHeld
Indian Administrative Service →	precededBy
Subhas Chandra Bose →	resignedFrom
Viceroy of India →	supervises