The IAS can no more be treated in the framework of the Raj. Compared to the colonial-era relic, the ICS, it is a completely transformed unit

State civil service officers constitute one-third of the total strength of the IAS, but few rise to fill the vacancies in the IAS and IPS.

A land with a heritage as varied as it is ancient, Arunachal Pradesh followed a largely atypical path — with little to no regional aspiration — to achieving eventual statehood

Before the nationalisation of the railways in 1951, all constituent railway companies had their own methods of recruitment. Then why not now?

In Part VI, we analyse the impact of the States Reorganisation Committee Report on the map of India as it was unveiled in 1956

In the ninth edition of this series, we discuss the reactions to the SRC Report, especially in the city of Bombay

Navigating through the many events and personalities that shaped the culture and identity of the state that would eventually become Karnataka

The reintegration of French territories into the Indian Union, while a relatively straightforward operation as compared to the process of integrating the Portuguese territories, was nevertheless...

Congress’ departure from its historical stand of organising Madras on linguistic grounds fuelled discontent among Telugu-speaking people

Although the birth of the two newly formed states of Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960 was a joyous affair, the concerning matter of lives being lost with each new line drawn on the map remained

Unfulfilled political aspirations following the declaration of Mizoram as a Union territory erupted in armed conflict that ultimately led to its transition to a full-fledged state

The transformation of Madras to Tamil Nadu was based on the realisation and assertion of the Tamil ethnic and linguistic pride

The first of the two-part article recounts the spectacular fall from grace of the last ‘Choygal’ King and how this process sparked the eventual transition of Sikkim to becoming a full-fledged...

While India’s claims over Gilgit-Baltistan and Aksai Chin stem from Dogra conquest of 1840, the Chinese incursion came as late as during the 1950s and 60s

Speech by Shri. Sanjeev Chopra, IAS, (Retd), Director, Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie, Uttarakhand, on the occasion...

Owing to its vast expanse, the proposals for three-state division of UP were floated initially; addition of the fourth in 2011 further layered the dilemma

First India is an English Newspaper. We bring you the most exclusive news from the power corridors along with the best of national, international and sports news from across.

Prabhu Shakti, Mantrana Shakti and Utsah Shakti

Eighteen ‘Dalit’ icons covering at least five thousand years of our history – from the epochal narrators -Ved Vyasa  of the Mahabharata  and  Valmiki of the Ramayana,  the medieval saints  Namdev...

The story behind the formation of Himachal Pradesh is often obscured by half-truths that belie the long-held aspirations and struggles of the people of the region to have their own state in a...

The asymmetry among states with regard to the number of MPs in the Lok Sabha is glaring. But constituencies were frozen in 1976.

Eventually, the possibility of accession to Pakistan was ruled out, and what rolled out was an ineffective Standstill Agreement that paved the way for decisive military intervention