Department of Criminal Intelligence
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | April 1904 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Superseding agency | |
| Type | Intelligence agency |
| Jurisdiction | British India |
| Status | Superseded |
| Headquarters | Shimla, British India |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent department | Home Department |
The Department of Criminal Intelligence (DCI), originally called Central Criminal Intelligence Department (CCID), was the central foreign and domestic intelligence agency of the Government of India during the British Raj. It was established by Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India,[1] based on the Indian Police Commission report submitted on 30 May 1903 under the chairmanship of Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser, which examined and recommended reforms in Indian police system. Sir Harold Stuart was appointed as the first director of DIC.[2] Curzon also established Criminal Investigation Departments (CID) in all provinces of British India.[1]
DCI later became the Intelligence Bureau.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Popplewell, Richard J. (1995). Intelligence and Imperial Defence: British Intelligence and the Defence of the Indian Empire 1904–1924. Routledge. p. 42. ISBN 0-7146-4580-X.
- ^ Riddick, John F. (2006). The History of British India. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 87. ISBN 0-313-32280-5.
- ^ Balachandran, Vappala (5 May 2020). "How Viceroy Lord Mayo's Assassination Led To Creation Of India's First Intelligence Bureau". Outlook India. Retrieved 15 November 2024.