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Arthur Cunningham Lothian
Sir Arthur Cunningham Lothian, KCIE, CSI (1887 – 16 November 1962) was a member of the Indian Civil Service and of the Indian Political Service. He was Rajputana Agency, Resident for Rajputana and Chief Commissioner of Ajmer-Merwara from 1937 to 1942 and Resident at Hyderabad from 1942 to 1946. Educated in Aberdeen, at Christ Church, Oxford, and the University of London, Lothian joined the Indian Civil Service in 1911 and served in Bengal until 1905, when he joined the Political Department of the Government of India. References * "Sir Arthur Lothian", ''The Times'', 17 November 1962, p. 10 * https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-48128 * External links * {{NPG name, 102702, Sir Arthur Cunningham Lothian 1887 births 1962 deaths Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Indian Political Service officers Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Companions of the Order of the Star of India Alumni of Christ Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million people in the Presidencies and provinces of British India and were ultimately responsible for overseeing all government activity in the 250 districts that comprised British India. They were appointed under Section XXXII(32) of the Government of India Act 1858, enacted by the British Parliament. The ICS was headed by the Secretary of State for India, a member of the British cabinet. At first almost all the top thousand members of the ICS, known as "Civilians", were British, and had been educated in the best British schools.Surjit Mansingh, ''The A to Z of India'' (2010), pp 288–90 At the time of the creation of India and Pakistan in 1947, the outgoing Government of India's ICS was divided between India and Pakistan. Although these are no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
