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John Coatman, CIE, (1889–1963)[1][2][3] was director of public information for the Indian Police Service and the British government in India.[4] He was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1929 and was a member of the secretariat during the first Round Table Conference (November 1930 – January 1931). His writing promoted the benefits of the British Empire.[5]

Selected publications

  • Report of the administration of Lord Reading, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1921–1926: General summary, Government of India Press, Simla, 1927.
  • The Indian Riddle: A solution suggested, Humphrey Toulmin, London, 1932.
  • Years of Destiny India 1926–1932, 1932.
  • Magna Britannia, Jonathan Cape, London, 1936.
  • India the Road to Self Government, George Allen & Unwin, 1941.
  • The British Family of Nations, George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1950.
  • Volkerfamilie commonwealth: die verwirklichung eines politischen ideals, Deutsch Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 1950.
  • Police, Oxford University Press, 1959. (Home University Library of Modern Knowledge)
  • Eric Charles Handyside, C.I.E., O.B.E., Indian Police, Tunbridge Wells, c. 1962.

References

  1. The History of British India: A Chronology{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Praeger(2006). ISBN 9780313322808
  2. Nugget Coombs: A Reforming Life{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(2005). ISBN 9780521677837
  3. Lancashire and Whitehall: The Diary of Sir Raymond Streat{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Manchester University Press(1987). ISBN 9780719023910
  4. Communications and Power: Propaganda and the Press in the Indian National Struggle, 1920-1947{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(1994). ISBN 9780521467636
  5. The Empire and Its Critics, 1899-1939: Classics of Imperialism{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Routledge/Thoemmes Press(1998). ISBN 9780415179454

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