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The Veterinary Surgeons were initially (and at least until the 1860’s and probably until the 1880’s, ) part of the Presidency Medical Departments , which became the Indian Medical Service, and which in turn was part of the Army structure. Most listings of Surgeons [[Surgeon]]s and [[Assistant Surgeons Surgeon]]s will at the end then contain a listing list of Veterinary Surgeons at the end.

The [[British Library link ]] page on the [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/indianmedicalservice/indianmedical.html Indian Medical Service] gives details of records  ==External Resources==*[http://www.ias.ac.in/jarch/currsci/6/576.pdf Development of Veterinary Work In India] Informative short article held on website of the Indian Academy of Sciences. The article outlines the history of veterinary work in India from 1799 up to the 1930s and mentions the men who played a major role in its expansion.*An Army Veterinary Department was established in 1884 (a very brief mention in [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031220/nation.htm#15 The Tribune India Online]). A Civil Veterinary Department was established from 1889 with full details in this [http://mahavet.mah.nic.in/historyright.htm link] from the Department of Animal Husbandry , Maharashtra State. It seems that it was the Civil Veterinary Department that later became known as the Indian Veterinary Service or I.V.S. In 1923 a Commission into the Civil Services decided that there would be no further recruitment into the IVS and that in future the provincial governments would control and make appointments [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3ugDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT69 Pratiyogita Darpan/January 2007/1150] Google Books*[[South Asia Archive & Library Group]] host a Powerpoint presentation given at their conference by Christopher Gill called [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/apac/saalg/#newsletter "Veterinary Material in the National Library of Scotland’s India Papers Collection - A previously neglected resource for historical research"]. *[http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmtemp6P11C.aspx?MnId=mR7zxkv02FM=&ParentID=efmngLw42eE=&flag=p History of the Remount & Veterinary Corps] Indian Army Official Website*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1611_Remount_Vet.htm Army Remount Corps] indiapicks.com*The initial paragraph of this Government of Balochistan [http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=4&id=38&Itemid=44 link] sets out the history of veterinary establishments in that area from 1884*"Thomas Hagger An Indian Army Veterinary Surgeon in Australia" by John Fisher commences page 5 of this [http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/234/1/avhs_012.pdf Australian Veterinary History Society 1995 Newsletter] pdf and mentions the trade in Australian horses to India c early 1840's.*The [http://ivri.nic.in/about/evolution.html Indian Veterinary Research Institute] was established in 1889 as the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory.