Question
Download Solution PDFIn which year the Indian Imperial Police was replaced by the Indian Police Service (IPS)?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 1948.
Important Points
- The Indian Police Service (IPS) is one of the three All-India services.
- The Indian Police Service (IPS) was constituted under Article 312 of the Indian Constitution.
- The Indian Imperial Police was replaced by the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1948.
Additional Information
- A professional police bureaucracy in India was created by the British through the Indian Councils Act of 1861.
- The first open civil service examinations were held in England in 1893.
- The title Indian Police Service was first referred to in a report by the Islington Commission in 1917.
- Indians were allowed to be a part of the Indian Imperial Police from 1920 onwards.
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