The British Political and Administrative Policies
Explore the key British political and administrative policies, from the civil services to judicial and revenue reforms, and their lasting impact on governance.
The British Political and Administrative Policies
- Through which treaty did the British gain real political power in India? = The Treaty of Allahabad.
- Who introduced the “Dual System” (Diarchy) in Bengal? = Robert Clive.
- Who abolished the “Dual System” (Diarchy) in Bengal? = Lord Warren Hastings.
- Who is known as the “Father of the Indian Judicial Service”? = Lord Warren Hastings.
- Who is known as the “Father of the Indian Civil Service”? = Lord Cornwallis.
- Who is known as the “Father of the Indian Police Service”? = Lord Cornwallis.
- Under which Act did the British decide to establish a Supreme Court in Calcutta? = The Regulating Act, 1773.
- In which year was the Supreme Court in Calcutta established? = 1774.
- Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Calcutta? = Sir Elijah Impey.
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- Who introduced the “Permanent Land Revenue Settlement”? = Lord Cornwallis.
- Who introduced the “Subsidiary Alliance” system? = Lord Wellesley.
- Which was the first princely state in India to accept the British “Subsidiary Alliance” system? = Hyderabad.
- Who introduced the “Doctrine of Lapse”? = Lord Dalhousie.
- Who is known as the “Father of Local Self-Government in India”? = Lord Ripon.
- Who is known as the “Father of the Indian Railways”? = Lord Dalhousie.
- Father of British India (often used in historical contexts) = Robert Clive
- Father of British Rule in India = Robert Clive
- Father of Modern Western Education in India = Lord William Bentinck (associated with the introduction of English education policy)
- Father of Modern Western Education = Lord Macaulay
- Father of Indian Press = James Augustus Hicky (founder of Bengal Gazette, 1780)
- Father of Indian Archaeology = Alexander Cunningham
- Father of Indian Telegraph System = Lord Dalhousie (associated with the introduction of the electric telegraph)
- Father of Indian Forestry = Sir Dietrich Brandis
- Father of Financial Decentralization = Lord Mayo
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Indian Civil Service
- Lord Cornwallis is known as the “Father of the Indian Civil Service.”
- The first Indian ICS (Indian Civil Service) officer was Satyendranath Tagore.
- The “Central Public Service Commission” was established based on the report of the Lee Commission.
- The “Central Public Service Commission” was established under the Government of India Act, 1935, following the recommendations of the Lee Commission.
- Aitchison Commission = 1886
- Islington Commission = 1912
- Lee Commission = 1923
- The British Political and Administrative Policies