IIPA: Seven decades of inspiring excellence
By: Ranjan, Amitabh
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BookPublisher: IIPA Digest Description: 7(33), Special issues 2025: p.7-12.
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IIPA DigestSummary: It was the year 1951-1952 when the first Lok Sabha elections were held in India.The situation at that time, in post-independent nascent Republic of India was not only critical but almost chaotic. Almost half of Indian Civil Service Officers were gone, either returning back to Britain or opting for Pakistan, severely weakening the Civil Service structure and grassroot Public Administration in India. Partition and subsequent fluid situation leading to massive riots, huge influx of refugee population from both western and eastern new Indian borders on the Radcliff line, created another dimension of grave complexities. And on top of all these, the situation got worsened due to unfortunate and untimely demise of ‘The Iron Man of India’ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, considered as ‘Father of All India Services’, in December 1950.- Reproduced
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It was the year 1951-1952 when the first Lok Sabha elections were held in India.The situation at that time, in post-independent nascent Republic of India was not only critical but almost chaotic. Almost half of Indian Civil Service Officers were gone, either returning back to Britain or opting for Pakistan, severely weakening the Civil Service structure and grassroot Public Administration in India. Partition and subsequent fluid situation leading to massive riots, huge influx of refugee population from both western and eastern new Indian borders on the Radcliff line, created another dimension of grave complexities. And on top of all these, the situation got worsened due to unfortunate and untimely demise of ‘The Iron Man of India’ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, considered as ‘Father of All India Services’, in December 1950.- Reproduced
https://www.iipa.org.in/GyanKOSH/posts/iipa-seven-decades-of-inspiring-excellence
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