List of Indian members of the Indian Civil Service

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This article contains a list of British Indians members of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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1855–1899

NameYear of examinationYear of joiningYear of resignation/ disqualificationRankFinal posting
Satyendranath Tagore 1863186443rd

First Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Service

First Grade Judge and Sessions Judge of Satara. Retired from the Indian Civil Service on 15 January 1897. [1]
Romesh Chunder Dutt 186918713rdOfficiating Commissioner of Orissa; later Dewan, Baroda. Retired from the Indian Civil Service on 1 August 1897.
Behari Lal Gupta 1869187114th Sessions judge, Bengal; later chief minister, Baroda
Surendranath Banerjee (later Sir)186918711871 (Disqualification)38th Minister in the Dyarchy Cabinet in Bengal, 1921-1926
Sripad Babaji Thakur 1869

But gave the final examination in 1870.

187239th

The first I.C.S from Maharashtra.

Sessions Judge of Shikarpur. Died on 22 July 1889 at Shikarpur.
Anundoram Borooah 1870187238th

The first I.C.S from Assam/North-East

District Magistrate and Collector in Bengal
Krishna Govinda Gupta (later Sir)18711873 Commissioner, Bengal; later member, Secretary of State's Council, UK
Brajendranath De 1873187517th Magistrate and Collector of Hooghly, (1910); also Commissioner (offg.), Burdwan, Bengal (1905)
Cursetjee Rustomjee 1874187610thDistrict and Sessions Judge, 1st Grade. Retired from the Indian Civil Service in November 1911. Died in 1941.
Pulicat Ratanvelu Chetty 187518765th

The first I.C.S from Madras Presidency.

Acting Assistant Collector of Palghaut. Died of "Gun Accident" on 28 September 1881 aged 25 years.
Maharajadhiraj Sir Rameshwar Singh Bahadur 187818851885 {appointed a Member of the Legislative Council of Bengal} Magistrate and Collector of Darbhanga, Chhapra, and Bhagalpur.
Mancherji Pestonji Khareghat 1882188426thJudge and Sessions Judge, 2nd Grade of Ratnagiri. Retired from the Indian Civil Service on 1 September 1910.
Lokendranath Palit

(Brother of Satyendranath Palit)

1884188632ndDistrict and Sessions Judge, 3rd Grade of Bankura. Resigned from the Indian Civil Service on 16 May 1913.
Perungavur Rajagopalachari (later Diwan Bahadur and Sir)18861888 Chairman of the Madras Legislative Council
Basanta Kumar Mullick 18871889 Puisne Judge of the Patna High Court
Atul Chunder Dutt

(Nephew of Romesh Chunder Dutt)

1887188938thDistrict and Sessions Judge of South Arcot. Died of "Pneumonia" on 28 June 1915 aged 45 years.
Satyendranath Palit

(Brother of Lokendranath Palit)

1891189328thAssistant Magistrate and Collector of Purnea. Died in 1896.
Birendra Chandra Sen 1891189331stCommissioner, Bihar and Orissa. Retired from the Indian Civil Service on 17 November 1928.
Albion Rajkumar Banerjee (later Sir)18941895 Prime Minister of Kashmir; Dewan of Mysore
Abdullah Yusuf Ali 18941896Resigned in 19147thKanpur?
Atul Chandra Chatterjee (later Sir)18961897
Ghazanfur Ali Khan

1900–1947

NameYear of examinationYear of joiningYear of resignation/ disqualificationRankFinal posting
Sarat Kumar Ghosh (later Sir)19031903 Chief Justice of Jaipur & of Kashmir
Gurusaday Dutt 19051905First Indian to come first in any part of the Open Competitive Services examination; 1st (in the 2nd Part) Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health
Benegal Narsing Rau (later Sir)19081909 Prime Minister of Kashmir
Benegal Rama Rau (later Sir) Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (later Sir) Governor of the Punjab
S. V. Ramamurthy (later Sir)1911Acting governor of Bombay
Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh (later Sir, CIE)19181st1st Indian Governor of Reserve Bank of India; Finance Minister of India
Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari Jr. (later Sir)19181919 Governor of Assam
Sukumar Sen 19191921Chief Election Commissioner of India
Subhas Chandra Bose 192019211921(Resignation)4th
Y. N. Sukthankar (later CIE)1921Second Cabinet Secretary of India
Sudhansu Kumar Das 1921Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
K. P. S. Menon 19221stFirst Foreign Secretary (India)
Nilakanta Mahadeva Iyer (later CIE)1922
Binay Ranjan Sen (later CIE)1922
N. R. Pillai (later Sir)1923First Cabinet Secretary of India
C. S. Venkatachari 1923 Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Girija Shankar Bajpai (later Sir) Governor of Maharashtra
S. Venkateswaran 1925
Annada Shankar Ray 1927
Jaipal Singh Munda 192719271928 (resignation)member Constituent Assembly
Birendra Narayan Chakraborty 1928
Subimal Dutt 1928 Foreign Secretary (India)
Dharma Vira 1931 Governor of West Bengal
S. Bhoothalingam 1931Finance Secretary of India
Bhairab Dutt Pande 19381939 Governor of West Bengal
Lallan Prasad Singh 19351936 Governor of Assam
Lakshmi Kant Jha 19351936Indian Ambassador to United States
Haribhai M. Patel Defence Minister, Government of India
Abul Hasan Quraishi 19331933
MS Randhawa 1934 Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh
Zafrul Ahsan Lari 19341934
Maharaj Sri Nagendra Singh President of the International Court of Justice, The Hague
Aditya Nath Jha 19351936First Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
K.B. Lall Secretary, Defence, GOI
Tarlok Singh 1937Member of the Planning Commission of India
V. K. Rao 19371938
Triloki Nath Kaul 1939Ambassador, Foreign Secretary
Govind Narain 1939 Governor of Karnataka
H.V.R. Iyengar Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
S. Jagannathan Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava (later Sir) Secretary General of International Maritime Organization, London
Sushil Chandra Mishra 1940 Collector of Satna and Tikamgarh, Chairman of M.P.E.B
M A Quraishi 1941
Nirmal Kumar Mukarji 194119431st Rank from the Last Batch of ICS Governor of Punjab, Last ICS officer in the Indian Government-8th Home Secretary 13th Cabinet Secretary of India
Bhagwan Singh (later Captain)1946Indian High Commissioner to Fiji
Chandra Shekhar Jha19321932

References

  1. "HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE" (PDF).