10 Facts About Charles Tegart

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Charles Tegart was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and briefly at Trinity College, Dublin.

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Charles Tegart retained contacts there and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1933.

3.

Charles Tegart joined the Calcutta Police in 1901, eventually becoming head of its Detective Department.

4.

Charles Tegart was the first officer of the Indian Imperial Police in the Council and on his report its Special Branch was created.

5.

Charles Tegart was awarded the King's Police Medal in 1911.

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Charles Tegart became Superintendent of Police in 1908, Deputy Commissioner in 1913, Deputy-Inspector General in 1918, and Commissioner of Calcutta Police from 1923 to 1931.

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Charles Tegart tried to suppress the nationalists of India such as Jatindranath Mukherjee at Balasore in Orissa on 9 September 1915.

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Charles Tegart was appointed a member of the Secretary of State's Indian Council in December 1931.

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Charles Tegart was the mastermind behind the establishment of the Arab Investigation Centres in Palestine during the Great Arab revolt.

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In 1942, Charles Tegart headed up operations at the Ministry of Food in wartime Britain to combat the black market.