Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Kruuse Caroe ICS KCSI, KCIE (1892-1981) was an administrator in British India. The Indian Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym ICS, originated as the elite Civil service of the Indian Government under British colonial Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British
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Life
He was Governor of the North-West Frontier Province, from 1946 to just before the Partition of India in 1947. The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP ( Urdu: śimāl maġribī sarhadī sūba) is the smallest of the four main provinces of Pakistan. The Partition of India was the partition of the British Indian Empire which led to the creation on August 14, 1947 and August 15, Subject to accusations that he was too close to the Muslim League[1], he encountered opposition from Congress Party politicians[2], and was replaced in mid-1947 by Rob Lockhart as Governor. The All India Muslim League ( Urdu: آل انڈیا مسلم لیگ Bengali:?????? ??? founded at Dhaka in 1906 was a political party in British Indian National Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major Political party in India. General Sir Rob McGregor MacDonald Lockhart KCB CIE MC (1893 - 1981 was a British Indian Army general of World War II
Son of the architect William Douglas Caroe, he was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he read classics. William Douglas Caroe (1857–1938 was a British Architect, particularly of churches Winchester College is a well-known boys' Independent school, and an example of an English Public school, in the city of Winchester in Hampshire Magdalen College redirects here see also Magdalene College Cambridge Magdalen College (ˈmɔːdlɨn "maudlin" is one of the constituent He served in the army in the Punjab in World War I, and joined the Indian Civil Service in 1919. Punjab ( ਪੰਜਾਬ پنجاب, पंजाब پنجاب also Panjab (پنجاب meaning "Land of the Five Rivers") (c World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Indian Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym ICS, originated as the elite Civil service of the Indian Government under British colonial [3]
He subsequently held a number of positions in the Indian Political Service, where he was influential in foreign policy, and an active administrator in North-West Frontier Province.
After returning from India in 1947, he wrote extensively. His strategic ideas proved influential:
| “ | At about this time there were those in Washington, looking for ways to secure the oil resources and practice containment in the middle east. The formulations of Sir Olaf Caroe attracted attention and soon found favour in official circles. His article in the March 1949 number of Round Table and his 1951 book, Wells of Power, led to invitations from the state and defence departments to visit Washington. [4] | ” |
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| Preceded by Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate | Chief Commissioner of Balochistan 1937 - 1938 | Succeeded by Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons |
| Preceded by Sir George Cunningham | Governor of the North-West Frontier Province 1946-1947 | Succeeded by Sir Robert Lockhart |
Works
- Soviet Empire: The Turks of Central Asia and Stalinism (1953)
- The Pathans 550 B. Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate (1889-1978 was an administrator in British India and Oman Below is a list of Chief Commissioners of Baluchistan: Chief Commissioners of Baluchistan 1877-1887 Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John (acting Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons was an administrator in British India. Sir George Cunningham (1888 – 1964 was an administrator in British India. Below is a list of Governors of the North-West Frontier Province from the creation of the office of Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province in 1901 Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. General Sir Rob McGregor MacDonald Lockhart KCB CIE MC (1893 - 1981 was a British Indian Army general of World War II C. -A. D. 1957 (OUP, Karachi, 1958)
References
- Peter John Brobst, The Future of the Great Game: Sir Olaf Caroe, India's Independence, and the Defense of Asia (University of Akron Press, 2005)
Notes
- ^ Facts are sacred, chapter18: Mountbatten Gets to Work by Khan Abdul Wali Khan - Awami National Party
- ^ The force Badshah Khan built: Review by Parshotam Mehra - Tribune India
- ^ Brobst, p. xvi.
- ^ The Making of US Foreign Policy for South Asia (PDF), Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph.
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