Constitutional and administrative development 1858-1947
Development of the civil services 1853-1935
Concepts to cover
- Open competition from 1853, Indian Civil Service Act 1861, Satyendranath Tagore first Indian to pass 1863, age limit cut to 19 in 1876 and Surendranath Banerjea's dismissal
- Aitchison Commission 1886 (imperial, provincial, subordinate services; Statutory Civil Service dropped) and Islington Commission 1912-15
- Lee Commission 1924 on Indianisation and the Public Service Commission set up 1926 under Ross Barker
- Montford reforms on recruitment and the 1935 Act's Federal and Provincial Public Service Commissions
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 26 Constitutional, Administrative and Judicial Developments
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 8: The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, A nation in the making, p. 3 (printed 95)
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 5 Foundation of the Indian National Congress: The Reality, pp. 71-81