Indianisation

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Indianisation was a process introduced in India under the later years of the British Raj whereby Indian officers were promoted to more senior positions in government services, formerly reserved for Europeans.

In the Indian police, the rank of Deputy Superintendent was introduced to prepare Indian officers for promotion to higher rank.

In the Indian Army, certain battalions were selected to be Indianised. They were reorganised on the British Army model, with King's Commissioned Indian Officers at every officer level and Indian Warrant Officers replacing Viceroy's Commissioned Officers.

Indianisation was introduced in the 1920s, but was suspended at the outbreak of the Second World War, at which point only a handful of military units had been Indianised. The process was never reintroduced, as in 1947 India became independent and Indian officers immediately started to fill senior appointments.