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Charles Terence Chichele Plowden (6 February 1883 - 13 July 1956) was a British

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officer, military administrator and diplomat who served as political agent of the Baluchistan and Resident and Chief Commissioner of Coorg from 1933 to 1937.

Early life and education

Plowden was born in

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on 6 February 1883 to Lieutenant Trevor John Chichele Plowden, a British army officer of the Punjab Commission. He was educated at

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and the

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. After passing out on 27 August 1902, his name was added to the Unattached List of the

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, until he was in October posted to the Bengal command.

Career

Plowden was appointed to the Political Department and served as Superintending Assistant Commissioner of the

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(1908–09), Political Assistant (1909), Assistant Commissioner, Dera Ismail Khan (1909) and political agent to the Baluchistan States (1920). In 1933, Plowden was appointed Resident to the Mysore Kingdom and thus, automatically became Chief Commissioner of Coorg Province. That very year, Plowden was made an Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.

Later life

Plowden retired in 1938 and served as a Press Reader in the British Embassy in

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during 1944-45. Plowden died on 13 July 1956.

References

* {{cite book, title=Plowden, Charles Terence Chichele, work=India Office and Burma Office List, year=1933, page=827 1883 births 1956 deaths Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire