14 Facts About Denzil Ibbetson

Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson was an administrator in British India and an author.

Denzil Ibbetson served as Deputy Commissioner of Karnal district from 1892 to 1893.

Denzil Ibbetson served as Chief-Commissioner of the Central Provinces and Berar from 1898 to 1899 and Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab in 1907.

Denzil Ibbetson was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire on 30 August 1847, the eldest son of Denzil John Holt Ibbetson, who was at that time working as a civil engineer on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.

Denzil Ibbetson obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics in 1869, being ranked as a senior optime.

Denzil Ibbetson had come third in the competitive examination for the Indian Civil Service in the previous year.

Denzil Ibbetson was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the 1903 Durbar Honours.

Denzil Ibbetson served temporarily as Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab in 1905 and took over the position permanently in March 1907 when Sir Charles Montgomery Rivaz retired.

Denzil Ibbetson was cremated at Golders Green and survived by his wife.

Denzil Ibbetson, who was Deputy Superintendent for the 1881 census operation in Punjab, had written in his 1883 Report on the exercise that.

Denzil Ibbetson argued against the contemporary understanding of caste and the 1891 census adopted classification by occupation rather than the Brahmanic system.

Denzil Ibbetson argued that the conventional belief in caste as a purely Hindu construct was erroneous, that people who had converted from Hinduism to Islam remained affected by the system, and that therefore it should be viewed more as a social than a religious mechanism.

Denzil Ibbetson pointed out that there were Brahmins who were viewed as being outcastes even by the lowest ritual rank, the Shudra, and that the latter term was primarily used as a form of abuse rather than in any categorical sense.

Denzil Ibbetson's written works include A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province.