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*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mortimer_Durand Henry Mortimer Durand]''' (Wikipedia) was Foreign Secretary from 1884-1894. Further information in [[Simla Rifles#Individuals|Simla Rifles]].
*[http://www.orwell.ru/bio/english/al_crick '''Richard Walmesley Blair'''], who joined the Service 1875, was in the Opium Department, and was the father of the author [[George Orwell]]. <ref>www.orwell.ru</ref>
*[http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=35292&back= '''Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer''']. Joining the service in India in 1885 he was first posted to Shahpur in the Punjab.In December 1912, he was appointed to be lieutenant-governor of the Punjab, a post which he held until May 1919. Like many administrators O'Dwyer believed that ‘extremist’ nationalist politics and terrorism were inter-connected. His decision to implement martial law in some parts of the Punjab was controversial. oxforddnb.com
**His book'' India as I knew it, 1885–1925''. published in 1925, is available toread online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*'''Alexander Redpath''', This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1999-03/0920410944 post] transcribes the 2 May 1996 ''Daily Telegraph''( London) obituary of Alexander Redpath of the Indian Political Service. He joined the Indian Army in 1929. His career with the IPS, which began in 1934, took him from the Rajput states, through Multan, Indore, Gilgit, Lahore and Calcutta, to a final post as Secretary to the British Legation in Kabul. In 1948 he became Deputy Secretary in the Foreign Ministry to deal with the accession of States to Pakistan, and Pakistan's relations with India and Afghanistan.
 
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