Indian Civil Service
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The Indian Civil Service was the higher civil service of the British Raj in the period between 1858 and 1947.
Commemoration of the Indian Civil Services at Westminster Abbey, London
Sir Henry Edward Stokes KCSI
Sir Gabriel
V Narahari Rao in civil service uniform
Indian independence movement
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The Indian independence movement was a series of political efforts from the mid-1880s to 1947 that took place in the Indian subcontinent with the aim of ending British colonial rule.
Indian Civil Service
…Anglo-Indian state." The ICS had responsibility for maintaining law and order, and often were at loggerheads with the independence activists during the Indian independence movement. Jawaharlal Nehru often ridiculed the ICS for its support of British policies. He noted that someone had once defined the Indian Civil Service, "with…
Robert Clive with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey. Mir Jafar's betrayal of the Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah of Bengal in Plassey made the battle one of the main factors of British supremacy in the sub-continent.
The Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultaun by Henry Singleton, c. 1800. After the defeat of Tipu Sultan of Mysore, most of South India was now either under the company's direct rule, or under its indirect political control.
Bahadur Shah Zafar was declared the "Emperor of Hindustan" during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Birsa Munda, leader of Munda rebellion (Ulgulan)