Quick Search
Advanced
Browse Records
Civil Service Records > Police
Share this page 
 Roll of Indian Police officers
search this dataset  
It was not till 1907 that the Secretary of State for India directed that the Indian Police officers appointed by him should wear the letters "I.P" on their epaulettes to distinguish them from officers of the Provincial Service.

Till then the Indian Police had been described by various titles such as the Superior Grade of the Police Force or as the Indian Police Service or as the Indian Imperial Police.

Following the Mutiny of 1857, superintendents of police were to be European, with rare exceptions. They were recruited in several ways, but from 1893 recruitment was solely by open competitive examination in England, and from 1919 in India. This is how the 720 posts in the eleven provinces of India were filled.

The reputation of the Service for integrity and impartiality was built up by those who were appointed from 1861 onwards in accordance with the recommendations embodied in Act V of 1861. Hence the starting date of 1861.

The Roll contains the names of 1,711 officers, who, from 1861, served as Superintendents, and from 1893 as Assistant Superintendents, and above.

Only one line has been allocated per officer to keep the Roll as concise as possible, giving his initials, surname, if any honours or decorations, his province, and the year in which his service began and ended, if known.

An officer promoted from the Provincial Service is indicated in the Roll by inserting the letters "I.P." between the name of his province and year of promotion. He was apptd. by the Provincial Government, not be the Secy. of State for India.

The names in this Roll have been extracted from the Record of Services published annually till 1947 in the India Office List and in the Burma Office List. These volumes are accessible on open shelves in [the AAS reading room, British Library]. Any one requiring further details about any individual named here should find them in the relevant volume covering his period of service.

The Roll has been compiled with pride together with respect for those, who from 1861, set us standards to maintain, not by their words, but by deeds. This Roll tells you nothing about their deeds, but accounts of them are to be found in the Indian Police Collection in the [India Office Records at the British Library].

Ave atque vale, because one day this Roll can serve as our combined obituary.

Basil R.E. La Bouchardiere, Indian Police, Bombay/Sind 1936-1947.
Horsham, Sussex 1985.
click to expand  More details

Roll of Indian Police officers 1861-1947 - Superintendents & Asst Superintendents (Incomplete)
click to expand Dataset details
58 Pages:  First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ..16 ..19 ..23 ..32 Next Last

Displaying 151 to 180 of 1714 results

View
Initials Click to sort by Initials  Surname Click to sort by Surname  Province Click to sort by Province  Period Click to sort by Period 
click to view detail C.R.F. Bion B. & O. 1903-
click to view detail J.D. Birch Bengal 1862-
click to view detail        
click to view detail L.N. Bird Bengal d. 1929
click to view detail J.E. Bishop B. & O. 1937-
click to view detail J.M.M. Bishop Punjab 1878-
click to view detail L.A. Bishop Madras 1914-
click to view detail D. Bishumbhar U.P. 1930-
click to view detail D.J.L. Black U.P. 1920-
click to view detail T.W. Blackstone Madras 1901-1936
click to view detail A.E. Blewitt B. & O. 1920-
click to view detail R.E. Blewitt Punjab 1887-1912
click to view detail A.C Blunden U.P. 1912-
click to view detail E.A. Blair Burma 1922-1927
click to view detail U. Bo Burma 1936-
click to view detail J.W. Boddam Punjab 1861-
click to view detail W.W. Boddam Punjab 1861-1885
click to view detail J.W. Bolam U.P. 1926-
click to view detail E.E.B. Bond Punjab 1861-
click to view detail G.A.J. Boon U.P. 1933-
click to view detail H.C. Bose Bengal 1896-1928
click to view detail J.J. Boswell Punjab 1861-
click to view detail F. Boswell Assam 1895-
click to view detail G.C. Boulderson, Madras 1861-1862
click to view detail W.A. Bourne-Price Bengal  
click to view detail R. Bowen Punjab 1936-
click to view detail J.E. Bown Punjab 1902-1937
click to view detail I.W. Bowring Punjab 1901-
click to view detail I.C. Boyd Bombay 1902-
click to view detail J.E.A.A. Boyd Madras 1869-
 
58 Pages:  First Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ..16 ..19 ..23 ..32 Next Last
© Families in British India Society. Unless stated otherwise, all rights including those in copyright in the content of this website are owned by or controlled for these purposes by the Families in British India Society.The content of this site may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast or transmitted in any way without first obtaining written permission from the Families in British India Society or that of the copyright owner.
If you found this useful then why not join FIBIS to get all the benefits from membership and help this work to continue. You can now join on-line in the FIBIS Shop...
Frontis V4.20.04.06 Rev: 217. Web site engine code is Copyright © 2005-2020 Frontis. All Rights Reserved.
Decrease text size text size  Increase text size
Powered by Frontis, The Archive Publishing System