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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>
*[httphttps://wwwdib.oxforddnbcambridge.comorg/templates/articleviewReadPage.jspdo?articleidarticleId=35292&back= a6732 '''Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer''']dib.cambridge.org and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Dwyer Michael O'Dwyer](Wikipedia). 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 [httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.dligov.ernetignca.in13879/page/handlen5/2015mode/276594 2up '' India as As I knew itKnew It, 1885–1925'']by Sir Michael O'Dwyer, published in 1925, is available as a pdf download on the Digital Library of India. Archive.org.
* See '''[[Cecil Champain Lowis]]'''. Lowis was a member of the Indian Civil Service in Burma from 1888 until 1912, who, from 1899 wrote more than a dozen novels set in Burma, mostly written after he retired.
*'''Waldemar Haffkine''' was a bacteriologist, who worked firstly on a cholera vaccine, then on a successful plague vaccine. Haffkine commenced research in India in March 1893 on cholera, in Calcutta, and from October 1896 on plague research, in Bombay. In December 1901 he was appointed director-in-chief of the Plague Research Laboratory at Government House in Parel, Bombay, and later the Calcutta Biological Laboratory. In 1914, aged 55, Haffkine retired from the Indian Civil Service.
:[https://archive.org/details/b30628581/mode/2up ''In Memoriam. Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine. Born 15 (3) March, 1860. Died 26 October, 1930''] by W Bulloch [William]. Repr. from: ''The journal of pathology and bacteriology, vol. 34 1931''. Archive.org
:[https://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol02_2_2_HIJhala.pdf "W.M.W.Haffkine, Bacteriologist - A Great Saviour of Mankind"] by H I Jhala ''Indian Journal of History of Science, Volume 2, Issue 2 1967''. insa.nic.in
:[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55050012 "Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot"] by Joel Gunter and Vikas Pandey c 12 December 2020. BBC News.
:The book ''The Brilliant and Tragic Life of W. M. W. Haffkine, Bacteriologist'' by Selman A Waksman, published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1964 is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01003831470
*See '''[[Maurice Collis]]'''. Collis was a member of the Indian Civil Service in Burma from 1911 to 1934. He wrote over twenty books, including volumes of autobiography, travel writing, novels, histories and three plays
*'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Caroe Olaf Caroe]''' (Wikipedia) joined the Indian Political Service in 1923; served as Foreign Secretary (1939-45) and as Governor of the [[North West Frontier Province]] (NWFP) from March 1946 to June 1947
**[https://archive.org/details/ThePathansByOlafCaroe ''The Pathans 550 B.C.-A.D. I957''], by Olaf Caroe 1958 Archive.org.
*'''Philip Mason''' joined the Civil Service in 1928. He was the author of the books about the Indian Civil Service, ''The Men Who Ruled India'', published as ''The Founders'' (1953) and ''The Guardians'' (1954). The books were originally published under the name Philip Woodruff. A one volume abridged edition was published in 1985. His many books include an autobiography [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1978-a-shaft-of-sunlight-memories-of-a-varied-life-by-mason-s-pdf/ ''A Shaft of Sunlight: Memories Sunlight–Memories of a Varied Life'' (] by Philip Mason 1978). Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, located under Books/Indian Subcontinent. [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/philip-mason/a-shaft-of-sunlight-memories-of-a-varied-life/ Review of the book] kirkusreviews.com. **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Mason Philip Mason] wikipediaWikipedia
**[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-philip-mason-1068169.html Obituary: Philip Mason] uk Independent Newspaper
**''The Men Who Ruled India'', published in three two volumes, [httpby Philip Woodruff (pseudonym)://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/126942 ''The Founders''] (1953), [httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/in.newernet.dli.ernet2015.126942 Archive.in/handle/2015/127071 org version], mirror from Digital Library of India; and ''The Guardians, Volume I''] and (1954) [httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/in.newernet.dli.ernet2015.in/handle/2015/127070 ''The GuardiansArchive.org version], Volume lI''] (1954) by Philip Woodruff are available as pdf downloads on the mirror from Digital Library of India.
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