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'''Indian civil servants''' includes five principal sub-categories of officials: <br />
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*Administrators of the native states of India<br />
*Administrators of [[British India]] who came as servants of the [[East India Company]] before the formation of the ICS in 1853<br />
*Members of the former [[Indian Civil Service]] (ICS) as well as the superior central and nationalised services in British India, who joined the civil service after 1853.<ref name=babu4>Potter, David C. *India's Political Administrators: From ICS to IAS*. Oxford University Press, 1996.</ref> <br />
**[[Dewan]]s of the former [[Indian Princely States]]<br />
*Employees of the [[Central Civil Services (India)|Central Civil Services]] of the present [[Government of India]], and respective Indian state governments including the<br />
** [[Indian Administrative Service]]<br />
** [[Indian Forest Service]]<br />
** [[Indian Police Service]] <br />
* Technocrats and Academic Administrators who have held official positions of the Government of India and the respective state governments of the Indian Union.<ref name=babu2>Jain, R. B. *Contemporary Issues in Indian Administration*. Vishal Publishing Co., 2003.</ref><ref name=babu3>Arora, Ramesh K., and Rajni Goyal. *Indian Public Administration: Institutions and Issues*. New Age International, 2007.</ref><br />
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For lists of civil servants of respective cadres see: <br />
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*[[List of Chief Secretaries of Rajasthan]]<br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
Since early 20th-century, Indian civil servants are colloquially called "[[Babu (title)|babus]]",<ref>{{cite news| title = Yet to start work, Natgrid CEO highest paid babu| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Yet-to-start-work-Natgrid-CEO-highest-paid-babu/articleshow/15610191.cms?referral=PM |date=23 August 2012| accessdate = 2014-09-17 | newspaper = The Times of India}}</ref> while Indian bureaucracy is called "babudom", as in the "rule of babus", especially in Indian media.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1818/18181170.htm<br />
|title=A barbed look at babudom: Will the typically British humour of Yes Minister work if transplanted to an Indian setting? Viewers of a Hindi satellite channel have a chance to find out.<br />
|date=1–14 September 2001<br />
|author=Anand Parthasarathy<br />
|magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]], India's National Magazine from the publishers of The Hindu<br />
|quote=Bureaucracy knows no bounds...<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = PM Modi tightens screws, gives babudom a new rush hour | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PM-Modi-tightens-screws-gives-babudom-a-new-rush-hour/articleshow/41482792.cms |date=2 September 2014| accessdate = 2014-09-17 | newspaper = The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Babu|work=Collins English Dictionary| url = http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/babudom <br />
| accessdate = 2014-09-17 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[:Category:Indian civil servants]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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