Charles Tegart
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Sir Charles Tegart KPM JP | |
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12th Police Commissioner of Calcutta | |
In office 1923–1931 | |
Preceded by | Sir Reginald Clarke |
Succeeded by | L. H. Colson |
Colonial police officer (adviser) in Mandatory Palestine | |
In office December 1937 – May 1939 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 October 1881 Derry, Ireland |
Died | 6 April 1946 | (aged 64)
Profession | Police officer |
Sir Charles Augustus Tegart
Early life
Born in
Career in India
He joined the Calcutta Police in 1901, eventually becoming head of its Detective Department.[citation needed]
He was the first officer of the Indian Imperial Police (IMP) in the Council and on his report its Special Branch was created.[citation needed]
He was awarded the King's Police Medal in 1911. He became Superintendent of Police in 1908, Deputy Commissioner in 1913, Deputy-Inspector General (Intelligence) in 1918, and Commissioner of Calcutta Police from 1923 to 1931.[citation needed]
Charles Tegart tried to suppress the nationalists of India such as Jatindranath Mukherjee at
He was appointed a member of the Secretary of State's Indian Council in December 1931.[citation needed]
Career in Palestine
In view of his expertise, the British authorities sent him to the British Mandate of Palestine, then in the throes of the Arab Revolt, to advise the Inspector General on matters of security. He arrived there in December 1937.[2]
In due course, he advised the construction of 77 reinforced concrete police stations and posts which could be defended against the attack, and of a
Tegart also was the mastermind behind the establishment of the
World War II
In 1942, Tegart headed up operations at the
See also
- Arab Investigation Centres, built under the direction of Charles Tegart
- Cellular Jail
- Bagha Jatin, comments by Tegart on his death
- Herbert Dowbiggin, British colonial policeman
References
- ^ "History Ireland - An Irishman is specially suited to be a policeman". Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Londonderry born imperial policeman remembered". sluggerotoole.com. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ Anton La Guardia, "Jericho Jail Creates Own Modern History", Arab News, 24 March 2006.
- ^ a b Seth J. Frantzman, "Tegart’s shadow" Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Jerusalem Post, 21 October 2011.
- ^ Connolly, Kevin (10 September 2012). "Tegart: A tough cop in a tough world". BBC News.
- ^ "Charles Tegart and the forts that tower over Israel". BBC News, Jerusalem. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
Further reading
- Tutun Mukherjee, "Colonialism, Surveillance and Memoirs of travel: Tegart's Diaries and the Andaman Cellular Jail", in Sachidananda Mohanty (ed.) Travel writing and the Empire, Katha, 2004. in The Hindu.
- Sir Charles Tegart Collection Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, held at St Antony's College, Oxford University.
- 'Charles Tegart of the Indian Police': an unpublished biography by Lady Tegart, Mss Eur C235 in British Library, Asia, Pacific, and Africa Collections.