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The '''Indian Civil Service''' may be abbreviated '''ICS'''.  See also [[Writer]].
 
The '''Indian Civil Service''' may be abbreviated '''ICS'''.  See also [[Writer]].
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==History==
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Initially, the Honourable East India Company Civil Servants handled the civil administration of India. they were covenanted to provide a lifetime of service.  Civil service control was transferred to the Indian Government under the Government of India Act of 1858 and new members of the service were contacted for a is a 10 year term.
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The creation of the Imperial Civil Service of India was as a result of the 1886–87 Public Service Commission recommendation.
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==Positions==
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*[[Assistant]] (to Magistrate and Collector)
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*Deputy Collector
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*Joint Magistrate,
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*[[Collector]]-Magistrate
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*Judge
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After reaching the rank of Joint Magistrate, career progessions was to become a Collector-Magistrate, or Judge. Judges, ofter went on to sit on the High Court after 20 years service.
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A Collector-Magistrate may become a Commissioner of the District, or gain a seat on the Board of Revenue. Moving sideways, he may become an Under-Secretary for the Lieutenant Governor.
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==Entry==
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Arriving in India in 1830, entrants became a student [[writers]] at Calcutta College, Fort William, and sought to gain “Writership”.
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Students were lavishly rewarded, and encouraged to borrow heavily to acquire high status and comfortable lifestyle often enabling them to stable 40 horses; not unexpectedly this was reformed. Reforms still allowed students to finance the keep three horses and a buggy. Club memberships and mess parties continued to allow them to gain social influence in the capital.
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By 1880 courses of instruction to study native languages were carried out at Hertford and Haileybury England. Young men were deemed to be fit for immediate service so no longer socialised in the capital unlike their predecessors. They would rely on local tutors to acquire the local dialect.
  
 
==Records==
 
==Records==
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===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/sketchesofsocial015334mbp#page/n81/mode/2up/  "Sketches of Indian Social life"] Ch IV  The Bengal Civil Service. by CT Buckland ex: Bengal Civil Service
 
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ ''The India List and India Office List 1905''] Google Books  
 
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ ''The India List and India Office List 1905''] Google Books  
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-PdWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA45 ''Lives of Indian Officers: Illustrative of the History of the Civil and Military Service of India''] Volume 1  by John William Kaye (1867) gives, from page 45, the background to the Civil Service
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-PdWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA45 ''Lives of Indian Officers: Illustrative of the History of the Civil and Military Service of India''] Volume 1  by John William Kaye (1867) gives, from page 45, the background to the Civil Service

Revision as of 01:10, 9 June 2010

The Indian Civil Service may be abbreviated ICS. See also Writer.

History

Initially, the Honourable East India Company Civil Servants handled the civil administration of India. they were covenanted to provide a lifetime of service. Civil service control was transferred to the Indian Government under the Government of India Act of 1858 and new members of the service were contacted for a is a 10 year term. The creation of the Imperial Civil Service of India was as a result of the 1886–87 Public Service Commission recommendation.

Positions

  • Assistant (to Magistrate and Collector)
  • Deputy Collector
  • Joint Magistrate,
  • Collector-Magistrate
  • Judge

After reaching the rank of Joint Magistrate, career progessions was to become a Collector-Magistrate, or Judge. Judges, ofter went on to sit on the High Court after 20 years service. A Collector-Magistrate may become a Commissioner of the District, or gain a seat on the Board of Revenue. Moving sideways, he may become an Under-Secretary for the Lieutenant Governor.


Entry

Arriving in India in 1830, entrants became a student writers at Calcutta College, Fort William, and sought to gain “Writership”. Students were lavishly rewarded, and encouraged to borrow heavily to acquire high status and comfortable lifestyle often enabling them to stable 40 horses; not unexpectedly this was reformed. Reforms still allowed students to finance the keep three horses and a buggy. Club memberships and mess parties continued to allow them to gain social influence in the capital. By 1880 courses of instruction to study native languages were carried out at Hertford and Haileybury England. Young men were deemed to be fit for immediate service so no longer socialised in the capital unlike their predecessors. They would rely on local tutors to acquire the local dialect.

Records

Short records of service, providing the date of appointment, promotions and qualifications for individuals in the Indian Civil Service were published in the India Office List.

External Links

Historical books online

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