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*1783 Established
*1843 became Foreign Department
*1914 becane became Foreign and Political Department
*1937 became Indian Political Service
*Note a catalogue reference, somewhat in contradiction, refers to the following Departments:- Political and Secret 1858-1930; Political (Internal) 1931-1941; Political 1941-1944; Political (States) 1944-1947; Political (External) 1931-1941; External 1941-1947.<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/a60e9853-b7cc-486e-8a33-dd0692a505e5 Political and Secret Department Records: IOR/L/PS] Records at the British Library. The National Archives Discovery catalogue entry.</ref>
The Foreign and Political Department did many things: it was chiefly concerned with indirect rule, for much of British India consisted of the [[Princely States]], presided over by their hereditary rulers, advised by a British Resident belonging to the Department – “a political”.
''Thim Days Is Gone''. Qatar Digital Library. A memoir written by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy recounting his career, initially in the Royal Artillery in a Light Battery, and an Indian Mountain Battery in the early 1930s and then the Foreign and Political Department from October 1936.</ref>
==External links==
*Chapter 4 "Not Quite Soft Power: The Politicals", page 61, [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20191025093159/https://www.defence.gov.au/adc/publications/commanders/2012/02_sligo%20paper.pdf ''An Historical Analysis of the ‘Incessant Disputes in the Tribal Areas’ (of the North-West Frontier) against the British (and the British Indian Army) from 1893 to 1939''] by Colonel Graeme Sligo, Australian Army October 2012. This paper was prepared for submission to the National Defence University (NDU) of Pakistan, where the author was a student in 2011-12. Australian Defence website, now an archived webpage. *[https://www.qdl.qa/en/finding-aid-political-external-department-records Finding Aid: Political (External) Department Records] [on Qatar Digital Library] by Alex Hailey, British Library 15 January 2019. Qatar Digital Library.
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