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In 1869 the US Indian Agent to the Sac and Fox and Iowa Tribes appointed American Indians as policemen. This is the first record of a federally sponsored Indian police force and was the first of the Indian Agency Police. Indian Agency Police were tasked with the enforcement of federal laws, treaty regulations, and law and order on Indian agency ...
Nagpur was ruled by Gond kings, then later by Maratha Bhonsale before the British East India Company took over the city. The Gond Kingdom and Bhonsale Raj had five elements, based on ancient Indian and medieval police tradition, viz. police under revenue authorities, village kotwals and city kotwals. Kotwal was the cornerstone of the police.
Indian agency police were policemen hired by the United States government’s Indian agents during the late 19th and early 20th century, it was assigned to members of American Indian tribes. It was the duty of Indian agency police to enforce federal laws, the laws of the state where their reservation was located, and the terms of the federal ...
Law enforcement in India is imperative to keep justice and order in the nation. Indian law is enforced by a number of agencies . India has a multi-layered law enforcement structure with both federal and state / union territory level agencies, including specialized ones with specific jurisdictions. [ 1 ]
By the 1930s, the Indian Police exercised "unprecedented degree of authority within the colonial administration". [6] The Indian Imperial Police was also the primary law enforcement in Burma, governed as a province of India, [7] until 1937. Before WWII, the Indian Police routinely served as a source of cadre for MI5. [8]
Various inscriptions and literature from ancient India suggest that a variety of roles existed for law enforcement officials such as those of a constable, thief catcher, watchman, and detective. [24] In ancient India up to medieval and early modern times, kotwals were in charge of local law enforcement. [25]
Bhandari Militia was the first police establishment in Mumbai (then Bombay) during the time of British East India Company. [1] In Bombay, Governor Aungier formed a militia of local Bhandari youth to deal with organized street-level gangs that robbed sailors in 1669. In those days the Bhandaris were referred as Bandareens.
While some tribes later policed by the United States Indian Police did not give individuals law enforcement responsibilities and made order a community effort, others had institutions similar to police. The Muscogee Creek had an organization whose purpose was to enforce the laws created by the tribe. The group was composed of warriors who had ...