Elliot James Dowell Colvin

Elliot James Dowell Colvin
Born London
27 July 1885
Died 1950
Allegiance British India
Service/branch Army
Rank Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit 117th Mahrattas regiment

Elliot James Dowell Colvin (27 July 1885 in London, England – 1950 in Delhi, India) was Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.[1]

Colvin graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the British Indian Army in January 1904.[2] Colvin remained on active service with the 117th Mahrattas regiment until July 1908, when he was appointed personal assistant to the Resident, Hyderabad.[3] He was appointed a political officer in the Indian Political Department of the British Raj in February 1912 and promoted agent to the Governor-General in Central India, June, 1915. Colvin was appointed political agent, Baghelkhand, in March 1921, and Under-secretary to the agent to the Governor-General in Central India in April 1922.[1]

In February 1924, Colvin was appointed adviser to the Maharaja of Rewa, which was considered "foreign service" by the Indian Political Department; then, in April 1930, was appointed officiating (i.e. acting) Resident, Gwalior, and officiating political agent, Eastern Rajputana States.[4] In the aftermath of communal violence in Kashmir, Hari Singh, the Maharajah, was forced to ask the British Indian government to dispatch troops to the state to quell the rebellion. Lt.-Col. Colvin was chosen as prime minister of Kashmir State in March 1932 and reappointed in March 1935 to give British India more influence in the princely state.[5][1]

Colvin was awarded the title of Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in June 1933.[6] He became Resident to Baroda and the Gujarat States in January 1938, before retiring in July 1940.[1] Colvin retired from the Indian Army with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 India Office and Burma Office List (55 ed.). H.M. Stationery Office. 1945. Retrieved 9 March 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "The London Gazette" (PDF). H.M. Stationery Office. 8 January 1904. p. 182. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "The London Gazette" (PDF). H.M. Stationery Office. 17 July 1906. p. 4891. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ↑ India Office List For 1931. H.M. Stationery Office. 1931. Retrieved 9 March 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ Kaul, Maharaj K. "Jammu and Kashmir: In the Shadow of Imperialism". jammukashmir.homestead.com.
  6. ↑ "The London Gazette" (PDF). H.M. Stationery Office. 3 June 1933. p. 3805. Retrieved 9 March 2018.


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