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The District Magistrate acts as the primary executive magistrate of the district. Their main responsibility is to take preventive measures to maintain law and order and maintain peace in the district. Issuance of adoption orders under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 with provision of appeal to divisional commissioners. [26]
Districts, often known as zillas in vernacular, were established as subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India that were under Bengal Presidency.Then it was established as subdivisions the most Provinces of British India [2]
Daroghas answered to district magistrates who were in charge of areas at least 100 square miles (26,000 ha; 64,000 acres); because the magistrates were responsible for such a large area, the daroghas were normally the most powerful local authorities. [6] In some cases, they were in charge of factories. [7]
District Magistrate and Collector in Bengal Krishna Govinda Gupta (later Sir) 1871 1873 Commissioner, Bengal; later member, Secretary of State's Council, UK: Brajendranath De: 1873 1875 17th Magistrate and Collector of Hooghly, (1910); also Commissioner (offg.), Burdwan, Bengal (1905) Maharajadhiraj Sir Rameshwar Singh Bahadur: 1878 1885
The British Raj (/ r ɑː dʒ / RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') [10] was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, [11] lasting from 1858 to 1947. [12] It is also called Crown rule in India , [ 13 ] or Direct rule in India . [ 14 ]
The seven Bengal Regulation Districts were named as 'divisions' in 1851: . Jessore Division, area 14,853 sq mi, population 5,345,472 (1851); Bhagalpur Division area ...
George Orwell, with his real name Eric Blair, served in the Indian Imperial Police, in Burma, from 27 November 1922 to 12 July 1927, [9] formally resigning while on leave in England (effective 1 January 1928) having attained the rank of Assistant District Superintendent at District Headquarters, first in Insein, and later at Moulmein. He wrote ...
During the British Raj, railways were initially policed by the district police of the respective jurisdictions. However, as railway lines traversed multiple police districts, the need arose for a dedicated railway police. This led to the establishment of separate railway police districts, covering specific sections of railway lines within a ...