Indian Medical Service

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The Indian Medical Service was a corps of medical officers in British India responsible for providing healthcare to both the colonial administration and the British Indian Army.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative service
military medical corps
allowedRank commissioned officer
appliesToJurisdiction British Raj
conflict Indian Rebellion of 1857
Second Anglo-Afghan War
World War I
World War II
country British India
dissolved 1947
employer British Crown
Government of India (British Raj)
fieldOfWork epidemiology
military medicine
public health
tropical medicine
grantedRank ranks equivalent to British Army officers
hasMainTask conduct medical research in tropical diseases
manage military hospitals in British India
provide medical care to British Indian Army
provide medical care to European civil servants in British India
provide public health services in British India
support sanitation and public health administration
headquartersLocation Calcutta
Simla
inception 1764
notableMember David Semple NERFINISHED
Leonard Rogers
Ronald Ross
Surgeon-General Sir Benjamin Franklin
Surgeon-General Sir William Moore
William Leishman
operatedIn British India
partOf British Indian Army
Government of India (British Raj)
Indian Army (British India)
replacedBy Indian Army Medical Corps
Indian Medical Service (post‑Independence civil health services)
selectionProcess competitive examination in the United Kingdom
medical qualification from British or European universities required
serviceBranch British Indian Army medical services
medical corps
significantEvent disbandment on Indian independence in 1947
integration of Indian officers in early 20th century
reorganization after World War I
subordinateTo British War Office
Government of India
India Office
usedLanguage English

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
British Indian Army
United Nations Emergency Force ("Indian medical unit")
hasPart
Reorganization of the Indian Army during World War II ("Indian Army medical services")
appliesTo
Indian Medical Service ("Indian Medical Service (post‑Independence civil health services)")
replacedBy

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