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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 "Coatman" in "Biographies of Senior Officers in the Indian Police 1765-1961" Surname  Coatman    
First Name  John    
Department  Indian Police (IP)    
Birth Date  5 Nov 1889    
Joined Service  21 Jan 1911    
Career History  Joined service 21 Jan 1911 ; Asst Supt May 1912 ; Supt Sept 1922 ; director of Public Information Feb 1926 ; secretary at Round Table Conference London 1930-1 ; KPM Jan 1916    
Honours received  Kings Police Medal (KPM)    
Honour Date  Jan 1916    
Documents in List  93, 256    
Source reference  Mss Eur F161    
Source page  25    
Internal Ref  20250604_125303    
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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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