Indian Civil Service

Japanese: Indian Civil Service(英語表記)IndianCivilService
Indian Civil Service

… 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 glossaries referring to "Indian Civil Service" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 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。…

※「Indian Civil Service」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  indian club

>>:  Indian chickweed

Recommend

Whitney, Eli

Born December 8, 1765 in Westborough, Massachusett...

Electromagnetic potential - denjipotential (English spelling)

Solving Maxwell's equations expressed as rot E...

Forestry - forestry (English spelling)

In Japan's Agriculture and Forestry Statistic...

Elmira Correctional Institution - Elmira Correctional Institution

...A treatment system that aimed not only to avoi...

Elders - Kakuro

〘Noun〙 A high-ranking official in the Imperial Cou...

Grantha (English spelling)

...The Gujarati script was derived from the Devan...

Hototogisu - Nightingale

A full-length novel by Tokutomi Roka. It was seri...

Resonance curve

…When a graph is drawn with the angular frequency...

saint

…His penance was said to have been a fierce strug...

Commercial Law - Shochoho

Its official name is the Special Measures Law for ...

Gold tip

...It is said that a follower of this sect called...

Insulin-like hormones

…Which hormone acts at which stage varies by spec...

Wood, TD

...The reform movement aimed for what could be ca...

Heraclitus - Herakleitos

A Greek philosopher. Born into the royal family o...

Brown thrush (akahara)

A passerine bird of the flycatcher family (illustr...