Secretary to the Government of IndiaSecretary to the Government of India, often abbreviated as Secretary, GoI, or simply as Secretary, is a post and a rank under the Central Staffing Scheme of the Government of India. The authority for the creation of this post solely rests with the Union Council of Ministers. The position holder is generally a career civil servant and a government official of high seniority.
List of princely states of British India (by region)British India Princely states Protectorates Mandates Other dependenciesBefore the partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India. These were not part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which were under direct British administration, but rather under indirect rule, subject to subsidiary alliances. Things moved quickly after the partition of British India in 1947.States DepartmentThe States Department, later States Ministry, was a department of the Government of India headed by the Minister of States. Its responsibility was to deal with the princely states and manage their relationship with independent India. The department was formed in June 1947 to replace the Political Department of the British Government, which had administered relations between the British Crown and British India on the one side and the princely states on the other.
Interim Government of India1946–1947 provisional government Interim Government of IndiaCabinet of British RajNehru with members of the Interim government faction leaving Viceroy's House after swearing in on 2 September 1946Date formed2 September 1946 (1946-09-02)Date dissolved15 August 1947 (1947-08-15)People and organisationsEmperorGeorge VIViceroy and Governor-General The Viscount Wavell (1946–47) The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma (1947) Head of GovernmentJawaharlal NehruNo.
Governor-General of IndiaThe governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, commonly shortened to Viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the emperor or empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the monarch of India. The office was created in 1773, with the title of governor-general of the Presidency of Fort William.
Partition of IndiaThe partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Pakistan is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The partition involved the division of two provinces, Bengal and the Punjab, based on district-wide non-Muslim (mostly Hindu and Sikh) or Muslim majorities.
Government of India Act 1935The Government of India Act 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 42), also referred to as the Constitution Act between 1935 and 1947, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, serving as the constitution and governing document of British India in its final years until its independence and partition into the dominions of India and Pakistan.
Order of the Indian EmpireThe Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria on 1 January 1878. The Order includes members in three classes or ranks: Knight Grand Commander (GCIE) Knight Commander (KCIE) Companion (CIE) New appointments to the order ceased after 1947, the year that British India became the independent Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan.
Vallabhbhai PatelVallabhbhai Patel (31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Patel, was a Gandhian Indian independence activist, lawyer and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, who played a significant role in the Indian independence movement and India's political integration. In India and elsewhere, he was often called Sardar meaning "chief".
Order of the Star of IndiaThe Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: Knight Grand Commander ()Knight Commander ()Companion ()No appointments have been made since the 1948 New Year Honours, shortly after the Partition of India in 1947. Following the death in 2009 of the last surviving knight, the Tej Singh Prabhakar, Maharaja of Alwar, the order became dormant.
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl WavellBritish field marshal (1883–1950)Field MarshalArchibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres.
Civil serviceThe civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service official, also known as a civil servant or public servant or public employee, is a person employed in the public sector by a government department or agency for public sector undertakings.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.