List of Indian members of the Indian Civil Service explained

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

1855–1899

NameYear of examinationYear of joiningYear of resignation/ disqualificationRankFinal posting
Satyendranath Tagore18631864Judge, Satara, First Indian ever, who qualified as well as served Imperial Civil Service.[1]
Romesh Dutt18691871Officiating Commissioner of Orissa; later Dewan, Baroda
Behari Lal Gupta18691871Sessions judge, Bengal; later chief minister, Baroda
Surendranath Banerjee (later Sir)186918711871 (Disqualification)Minister in the Dyarchy Cabinet in Bengal, 1921-1926
Ananda Ram Baruah18701872The first ICS from Assam/North-EastDistrict Magistrate and Collector in Bengal
Krishna Govinda Gupta (later Sir)18711873Commissioner, Bengal; later member, Secretary of State's Council, UK
Brajendranath De1873187517thMagistrate and Collector of Hooghly, (1910); also Commissioner (offg.), Burdwan, Bengal (1905)
Maharajadhiraj Sir Rameshwar Singh Bahadur187818851885 Magistrate and Collector of Darbhanga, Chhapra, and Bhagalpur.
Perungavur Rajagopalachari (later Diwan Bahadur and Sir)18861888Chairman of the Madras Legislative Council
Basanta Kumar Mullick18871889Puisne Judge of the Patna High Court
Albion Rajkumar Banerjee (later Sir)18941895Prime Minister of Kashmir; Dewan of Mysore
Atul Chandra Chatterjee (later Sir)18961897
Pulicat Ratnavelu Chetty[2] [3] 187618761881first from madras presidency Death in palakkad age 25, Acting Head Assistant Collector, Malabar[4]
Abdullah Yusuf Ali[5] [6] 18941896Resigned in 1914Ranked seventh.Kanpur?

1900–1947

NameYear of examinationYear of joiningYear of resignation/ disqualificationRankFinal posting
Sarat Kumar Ghosh (later Sir)19031903Chief Justice of Jaipur & of Kashmir
Gurusaday Dutt19051905First 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)19081909Prime 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)19181919Governor of Assam
Sukumar Sen19191921Chief Election Commissioner of India
Subhas Chandra Bose192019211921(Resignation)4th
Y. N. Sukthankar (later CIE)1921Second Cabinet Secretary of India
Sudhansu Kumar Das1921Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
K. P. S. Menon19221stFirst 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. Venkatachari1923Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Girija Shankar Bajpai (later Sir)Governor of Maharashtra
S. Venkateswaran1925
Annada Shankar Ray1927
Jaipal Singh Munda192719271928 (resignation)member Constituent Assembly
Birendra Narayan Chakraborty1928
Subimal Dutt1928Foreign Secretary (India)
Dharma Vira1931Governor of West Bengal
S. Bhoothalingam1931Finance Secretary of India
Bhairab Dutt PandeGovernor of West Bengal
Lallan Prasad SinghGovernor of Assam
Lakshmi Kant JhaIndian Ambassador to United States
Haribhai M. PatelDefence Minister, Government of India
Abul Hasan Quraishi19331933
MS Randhawa1934Chief Commissioner of Chandigarh
Zafrul Ahsan Lari19341934
Maharaj Sri Nagendra SinghPresident of the International Court of Justice, The Hague
Aditya Nath JhaFirst Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
K.B. LallSecretary, Defence, GOI
Tarlok Singh1937Member of the Planning Commission of India
V. K. Rao19371938
Triloki Nath Kaul1939Ambassador, Foreign Secretary
Govind Narain1939Governor of Karnataka
H.V.R. IyengarGovernor of the Reserve Bank of India
S. JagannathanGovernor of the Reserve Bank of India
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava (later Sir)Secretary General of International Maritime Organization, London
Sushil Chandra Mishra1940Collector of Satna and Tikamgarh, Chairman of M.P.E.B
M A Quraishi1941
Nirmal Kumar Mukarji194119431st Rank from the Last Batch of ICS
Bhagwan Singh (later Captain)1946Indian High Commissioner to Fiji

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.
  2. News: Shaji. K. a. 2017-08-20. Honouring a life lost to racism. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-02-12. 0971-751X.
  3. Web site: The tragic story of Pulicat Ratnavelu Chetty - ICS – Palghat 1879-1881. 2021-02-12.
  4. Web site: Racism and it's[sic] 19th century martyr from South India -The story of Ratnavelu Chetti ICS -]. 2021-02-12. Racism and it’s 19th century martyr from South India -The story of Ratnavelu Chetti ICS -.
  5. M.A. Sherif, Searching for Solace, A Biography of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Interpreter of the Qur'an, Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur, 1994.
  6. Web site: Abdullah Yusuf Ali: Triumph and Tragedy. G.. Sreekumar. September 16, 2021. A Central Banker's Miscellany.