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Memoir of the Career of Thomas Edward Rogers [15r] (29/118)
The record is made up of 1 file (59 folios). It was created in Mid 20th century. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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obtained the best performance and unstinted devotion. He said of his team:
"We must have broken down all possible barriers of race, caste, creed, rank
and personal prejudice".
The next step towards my as yet undreamed of translation to the far away
western borders of India arose from my rather light-hearted response to an
inquiry received when I was still at Serampore whether I wished to be considered
for the Political Service. I put forward my name knowing my chances were slim
since only two ICS men were taken each year from all India. Besides, at
Serampore I had received orders of posting to the Defence Department of the
Government of India at Delhi only to be told a little later that the orders had
been cancelled - I assumed that the reason was the decision that I was needed for
ARP in Bengal. So I put rather behind me thoughts of selection for a Service
I knew nothing of nor any member of it. But naturally I made some tentative,
discreet inquiries.
I found the Political fared badly in the court of ICS opinion. Indeed, it
stood unprofessionally convicted by biassed judges on hearsay evidence. These
judges being mostly dedicated civilians, sure that the purpose of our rule was to
better the lot of the ordinary man by hard work and infinite taking of pains,
their verd.ict was hardly surprising. The junior officer unwarily betraying
curiosity in the Political to his seniors might sometimes be made to feel flawed
by an unbecoming frivolity of spirit quite alien to serious men proud to be known
as India's 'steel frame'. The first stroke on the canvas his elders would warm
to painting would be the hoary gibe at a service of soldiers averse to fighting
and ICS men shy of hard work. As for serving in Indian states, could a self-
respecting civilian prefer to be the toadying, impotent adviser of here a corrupt
maharajah and there a dissolute
nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
? Young ears pricking up at this point in
expectation of man-to-man confidences about notable recent dissolute acts at some
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The file consists of a memoir written by Thomas Edward Rogers. The memoir covers his background, education and career. He also records his reasons for joining the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. . The memoir relates his career in India and in the Foreign Service in Bengal, Persia [Iran] and the Gulf, Quetta (including experiences of post-Independence unrest), and as Deputy Secretary in the Pakistan Cabinet Secretariat. It also relates his career with the Foreign Office in Spain, Yugoslavia, Argentina, Canada, and Colombia.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The file also contains an original foliation sequence.
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