ICS (India)

Japanese: ICS(インド) - あいしーえす
ICS (India)

…From Hastings' time onwards, the Governor-General was appointed by the British King, and his term of office was usually five years. Most of the Governor-General were experienced cabinet ministers or members of parliament, and it was very rare for military personnel or members of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) to be appointed. There were also very few people who had been connected to India before, and there was an unwritten rule to avoid appointing a former Secretary of State for India to the Governor-General position, or a former Governor-General to the Minister for India position. …

From the Indian Empire

… The third is the existence of a powerful administrative and military system. Until independence, about 1,300 elite bureaucrats, known as the Indian Civil Service (ICS), held key administrative posts from the central government to the states and prefectures, and ran the entire administrative system. The proportion of Indians among them gradually increased, but one of the strengths of the British was that they were able to absorb talent from the subjugated countries through equal competitive examinations. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "ICS (India)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ヘースティングズの時から総督はイギリス国王が任命するもので,その任期は通常5年であった。閣僚や議員などの経験者が任命されることが多く,軍人,インド文官職(ICS)がなることは非常にまれであった。以前にインドとかかわりを持った者が任命されたこともあまりなく,インド大臣経験者を総督に任命したり,総督経験者をインド大臣に任命することは避けるという不文律もあった。…

【インド帝国】より

… 第3は強力な行政・軍事機構の存在である。独立までのインドではインド文官職Indian Civil Service(ICS)と呼ばれる約1300人のエリート官僚が中央から州・県にいたる主要な行政ポストを占め,行政機構全体を動かしていた。その中のインド人の比率も少しずつ上昇したが,平等な競争試験によって被支配者側からも人材を吸収したのもイギリスの強味であった。…

※「ICS(インド)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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