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 Biographies of Senior Officers in the Indian Police 1765-1961

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Date transcribed2025-06-26
Transcribed byDon Freer
CommentThis bibliography is not intended to be an exhaustive analysis of the careers of those people appearing in the List. Where possible, career details have been given of major contributors, Indian Policemen, and significant statesmen. Numbers in enclosed in Bold type refer to documents in the list.

View all other items of "Surname" with value "Griffiths" in "Biographies of Senior Officers in the Indian Police 1765-1961" Surname  Griffiths    
First Name  Percival Joseph    
Title/ Rank  Sir    
Department  Indian Civil Service (ICS)    
Birth Date  15 Jan 1899    
Joined Service  30 Oct 1922    
Career History  Joined service 30 Oct 1922 ; Asst magistrate and collector Bengal 1922 ; officiating magistrate and collector May 1928 and Sept 1933 ; chief manager Dacca nawab estate Mar 1929 ; magistrate and collector Apr 1936 ; officiating deputy commander May 1936 ; confirmed May 1936 ; retired Aug 1937 ; knighted 1947. Publications: The British in India (1947) ; The British Impact on India (1952) ; Modern India (1957) ; The Changing Face of Communism (1961) ; The Road to Freedom (1964) ; History of the Indian Tea Industry (1967) ; Empire into Commonwealth (1969) ; To Guard My People (1971) ; Licence to Trade the History of English Chartered Companies (1975) ; A History of English Chartered Companies (1975) ; A History of the Inchcape Group (1977) ; A History of the Joint Steamer Companies(1979) ; Vignettes of India (1985)    
Honours received  Knighted    
Honour Date  1947    
Source reference  Mss Eur F161    
Source page  28    
Internal Ref  20250604_125317    
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Mss Eur F161 held by the British Library. Papers illustrating the work and history of the Indian Police, mostly collected under the auspices of the Indian Police Association to facilitate the writing of -To Guard My People: the history of the Indian Police- by Percival Griffiths (1971).
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