Indian Political Department
- Indian Political Department
The Indian Political Department originated in a resolution passed on September 13, 1783 by the Board of Directors of the East India Company; this decreedthe creation of a department which could help “relieve the pressure” on the administration of
Warren Hastings in conducting its "secret and political business".
In 1843, Governor-General Ellenborough reformed the administration,organizing Secretariat of the Government into four departments – Foreign, Home, Finance and Military. The officer in charge of the foreign department was supposed to manage the “conduct of all correspondence belonging to the external and internal diplomatic relations of the government”.
A distinction was made between the “foreign” and “political” functions of the department; relations with all “Asiatic powers” (including native princely states of India) were treated as “political” and those with all European powers as “foreign”.
At independence, the Foreign and Political department of the British India government was transformed into the new Ministry of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations.
External links
* [http://meaindia.nic.in/onmouse/ifs1.htm Indian Foreign Service: A Backgrounder]
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