- A
- Acworth, H. A., 102
- Adultery, 66
- Aga Khan, H. H. the, 63, 108-9
- American Civil War, 50-54
- Andhiyaru (“Andaroo”), 25, 28
- Ank Satta, 84
- Anonymous Postcards case, 171-2
- Anthropometry, Bertillon system of, 95
- Antonio, José, 34, 35
- Armed Police, 9, 91
- Arms Act, 61, 158-9
- Arms traffic, illicit, 82
- Asna Ashariya Khojas, 108, 109
- Aston, A. H. S., 193
- Aungier, Gerald, 1, 2, 5
- Aurora Conspiracy, 64
- B
- Back Bay Company, 51
- Balloon ascents, 84
- Bandareens, see Bhandaris
- Bank, Credit, 72
- Bank, Cosmopolitan, 172, 173
- Bank, Specie, 172
- Bank failures, 172, 173
- Barrow, Major, 49
- Barsat ka Satta, see Gambling, rain
- Baynes, Capt. E., 35, 37
- Bazar Gate, 41
- Beggars, 15, 114, 115, 131
- Bennett, Douglas, 102, 104
- Bhagoji Naik, 54
- Bhandari Militia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9
- Bhandaris, 2, 7 and n, 8, 9, 13, 30, 32
- Bhat, 25, 27, 28
- Bhattia Conspiracy Case, 43
- Bhendy Bazar, 32, 37, 47n, 69, 75, 140, 176, 184, 185 and App.
- Bickersteth, J. P., 56
- Bombay Banking Company, 172, 173
- Bombay Light Horse, 101, 139
- Bombay Volunteer Artillery, 101
- Brewin, Superintendent H., 73, 82, 91, 96, 98
- Briscoe, Charles, 23, 28
- Brown, F. L., 56
- Bruce, Colonel, 55, 56
- Budgen, General, 101
- Burrows, Captain, 35
- C
- Calcutta mori, see Gambling, rain
- Cauzee, see Kazi
- Census (1864), 55; (1901), 119; (1906), 122
- Chamber of Commerce, 144
- Cheating cases, 169, 170
- Chelmsford, arrival of Lord, 176, 177
- Chhaganlal M. Tijoriwala, 192, 193
- Child, John, 2, 3
- Children, murder of, 65, 66, 107
- Chief of Mahim, 19
- Chief Presidency Magistrate, 57, 58, 96n, 193
- Chilli-chors, 101 and App.
- City Improvement Trust, 113, 147, 156, 174
- Clarke, Sir George (Lord Sydenham), 144, 145, 165
- Cocaine, 93, 166-68
- Colaba, 28, 30, 36, 120
- Commission of the Peace, 17
- Commissioner of Police, appointment of, 50n, 56, 57
- Committee, Morison, 123, 146, 148-9
- Connon, John, 56, 58
- Constabulary, European, 17, 18, 26, 36, 46, 47n, 48, 58, 74, 75, 90, 125, 134
- ” Indian, 17, 18, 26, 36, 46, 48, 58, 74, 90
- ” ” good work of, 137, 138, 174-76
- Contagious Diseases Act, 61
- Conveyances, number of, 94, 130
- Cooper, C. P., 56, 74, 83, 102
- Cordue, Colonel, 142
- Corfield, A. K., 35, 37
- Cotton-fires, 129, 130, 180-81
- Court of Petty Sessions, 33, 34, 56, 57
- Crawford, W., 37, 42, 45
- Crowley Boevey, Mr., 70, 71
- Crime, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14-16, 20, 21, 28-33, 36-7, 41, 51, 74, 89, 92, 97, 103, 106-110, 127-8, 165-6, 169
- Criminal Investigation Department, 109, 137, 146, 148-50, 152-4, 160, 171, 178, 190
- Criminal Procedure Code, 70, 92-3, 117
- Crummy, Superintendent, 96 and n, 120
- Cuffe, Lieut., 101
- Cursetji Suklaji Street, 86, 87
- Curtis, Capt. W., 35
- D
- Dacoity, 31, 107
- Daji Gangaji Subehdar, 133
- Danvers, E. F., 35
- Dastur, Pheroze H., 103, 123
- De Ga case, 62, 63, 72
- Deputy-Superintendent (Mahim), 19, 20
- Detective Police, 62, 71-73, 81, 89, 92, 146
- de Vitré, J. D., 30, 35
- Dinanath N. Dandekar, 144
- Dockyard police, 55, 59, 126, 150, 152, 168
- Doctor Street, 138, 168, 182, 184
- “Dongri and the Woods”, 7, 17, 18, 19
- Dosabhai F. Karaka, 56
- Dunlop, Mr., 43, 44n
- Dwarkadas Dharamsey, 173, 174
- E
- Edginton, Mr., 48, 62, 73
- Edwardes, S. M., 123, 129, 137, 148-194 and App.
- Eki-beki, 83
- Elphinstone, Lord, 37, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 53
- Elphinstone Circle, 44
- Embezzlement case, 170
- Enthoven, R. E., 119
- Erskine, W., 28
- European offenders, 42, 64, 65, 66, 67
- Ewart, Latham & Co., fraud on, 169
- Explosives, 158, 159
- F
- False complaints, 108, 170
- False evidence, 64, 72
- Famine, effects of, 107, 108, 127
- Farrant, G. L., 35
- Fazendars, 7, 9
- Finger-Print Bureau, 95, 96, 131, 132, 161, 162
- Fire-brigade, 44, 56, 71, 73
- Fisher, James, 19
- Foreigners Act, 85, 86, 88, 115
- Forgery, 64, 82, 128, 129
- Forjett, Charles, 37, 38 and n, 39-53, 72, 73, 96, 118
- Forjett, F. H. (Colonel), 52 and n, 101
- Forjett Street, 53
- Framji Bhikaji, Inspector, 73
- Fraser, Lovat G., 119
- Frere, Sir Bartle, 44, 55
- G
- Gambling Act, 83, 114
- Gambling, rain, 82, 83
- ” ordinary, 83, 84, 113, 114
- Ganga Prasad, 49
- Ganpati celebrations, 90, 104-106, 154
- Gayer, Sir John, 4
- Gell, H. G., 73, 79, 120-147, 149, 162
- Gentus (Hindus), 2
- Giles, Chief Inspector M. J., 159
- Golconda, S. S., 191
- Goodwin, Richard, 28
- Grant, G., 35
- Grant, Sir J. P., 28, 29
- Grant Road, 41, 86, 100, 102, 103, 140, 155, 176, 182, 185
- Gray, H., 35
- Grennan, Superintendent, 96, 134
- Griffith, F. C., 150
- Gurakhi, 110
- H
- Haj Committee, 136
- Haj Traffic, 61, 62, 89, 98, 110, 134-6, 150, 161
- Halliday, Simon, 17, 19, 22, 23
- Harbour police, 26, 27, 36, 44, 55, 59, 91, 126, 150, 168, 189
- Harker, O. A., 150
- Henry, Sir E., 95, 149
- Hewitt, B. H., 130
- High Constable, 13, 17, 20, 26, 34
- Hill-Trevor, A., 142
- Holloway, Thomas, 28n, 34
- Humfrey, Major, 79
- I
- Ingram, Superintendent, 96
- Intemperance, 32, 64, 65, 89, 93
- J
- Jacob’s Circle, 142, 143, 144
- Jagannath Shankarshet, 45, 46
- Julhais, 101, 103, 182 and App.
- Justices of the Peace, 5, 6, 10, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 32, 34, 44
- K
- Kabraji, K. N., 41
- Kazi, 25, 27
- ” of Bombay, 47, 48
- Kazi Kabiruddin, 158
- Keigwin, Richard, 3
- Kennedy, H., 107-19, 127
- Kennedy, M., 120
- Khairaz, G. R., 193
- Kidnapping, 115, 116, 117
- Kirtikar, Mr., 132
- Koregaonkar, K. R., 189
- L
- Lakdi Satta, see Gambling, rain
- Lambert, R. P., 120
- Lamington, Lord, 137
- Law and Justice (1700), 5, 6
- ” ” (1800), 29, 30
- Le Geyt, P. W., 35
- Leslie, A., 142
- “Lieutenant of Police”, 10, 12, 13
- M
- Macdonald, James, 142
- Mackintosh, Sir J., 15, 22, 23, 25, 33
- Magistrates of Police, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 33, 37, 44, 56, 57
- Mansfield, Lieut., 84
- Manslaughter, 43
- Mayor’s Court, 5
- McDermott, Superintendent, 96, 134
- Memorial Fund, S. M. E., 158
- Messent, P., 142
- Mills, Superintendent, 63
- Mir Abdul Ali, Sirdar, 63, 64, 72, 82, 92, 96, 119, 129 and n
- Mir Akbar Ali, 62, 63, 72
- Moors, 2
- Morison, Sir W., 123
- Morley, James, 19
- Morris, Inspector, 172
- Motor-vehicles, 130, 160
- Mounted Police, 46, 90, 91, 112, 136, 176
- Moharram, 36, 37, 46-8, 67-8, 72, 105, 181-84, 186-7, 191 and App. (See also “Riots, Moharram”)
- Mukadams, 24
- Municipal Commissioner, 44, 51, 56, 102, 193
- Municipal Corporation, 56, 59, 77, 126, 174
- Murder, Khoja Street, 62
- ” Roonan’s, 63
- ” Khoja (1), 63, (2), 108-9
- ” Pakmodie Street, 63, 64
- ” Dadar triple, 81
- ” Clerk Road, 81
- ” Khambekar Street, 81
- ” Rajabai Tower, 81, 82
- ” Walkeshwar (1), 91, (2), 166
- ” Duarte’s, 92
- ” Bapty Road, 175
- ” Regimental, 191-2
- Musafirkhana, 62, 135
- Mutiny days, 39, 45-50, 54
- N
- Nall Bazaar, 167
- Nanabhai Dinshaw, 128
- Narayan T. Vaidya, 144
- Nasik murder trial, 176
- Nolan, Superintendent, 96, 134
- Northcote, Lord, 137
- O
- Oliveira, Mr., 193
- Oliver, N. W., 37
- Opium-dens, 93
- Oriental spinning and weaving mill, 71
- Orphanage, Abdulla H. D. Bavla, 163-5
- P
- Pagi, 31 and n
- Parsi hooligans, 41
- Pawnbrokers, 21
- Petit, Sir Dinshaw, 43, 77
- Petit, John, 2
- Petroleum Act, 158, 159
- Phillips, R. M., 120, 150
- Pilaji Ramji’s naka, 18 and n
- Pilgrim Brokers, 62, 135
- Pilgrim Department, 62, 89, 98, 135, 137
- Pillory, 29, 30
- Pimps, foreign, 85, 86, 87, 88, 115, 131
- Piracy, 28, 43
- Plague, 97, 98, 107, 122, 127
- ” effect on police of, 90, 97, 98, 99, 106
- Poisoning, 42, 91, 92, 108
- Poisons Act, 158, 159
- Police, corruption among, 15, 23, 33, 36, 37, 40, 41
- ” health of, 60, 74, 79, 80, 89, 98, 99
- ” literacy of, 60, 73, 133, 134, 157, 158
- ” pay of, 13, 14, 60, 124, 125, 126
- Police buildings and housing, 74, 75, 76, 80, 112, 113, 132, 136, 155, 156, 157
- Police Charges Act, 111, 126, 127
- Police Commission, 91, 122, 123
- Police Court, Esplanade, 75, 80, 132
- Police ” Mazagon, 80, 132
- Police Divisions, 7, 9, 17, 18, 111, 153
- Police force, cost of, (1812), 26, 27, (1885), 59, (1888), 60, 79, (1892), 79, (1893), 90, (1894), 91, (1900), 110, (1902), 122, (1908), 126, (1911), 152, (1913), 152, (1915), 152
- Police force, strength of (1793) 18, (1812), 26, 27, (1865), 55, 56, (1871), 58, (1879), 58, (1881), 58, (1885), 58-60, (1888), 60, 79, (1892), 79, (1893), 90, (1894), 90, 91, (1900), 110, (1902), 122, (1909), 152, (1911), 152, (1913), 152, (1915), 152
- Police Gazette, 154-5
- Police Hospital, 137
- Police Office (Fort), 33; (Byculla), 75, 80; (Hornby Road), 75, 80, 112, 137, 162, 188, 190
- Police precautions (Royal Visit), 177-80
- Police Regulations and Acts, 6, 7, 11, 12, 22, 25, 37, 45, 71, 88, 96, 127
- Police reorganization, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, 31, 38, 54-6, 80, 90, 91, 123, 145-6, 148-9, 151-7
- Police Stations, Agripada, 113, 156
- ” ” Bazar Gate, 75, 112
- ” ” Colaba, 113, 156
- ” ” Esplanade, 75, 80, 157
- ” ” Frere Road, 157
- ” ” Gamdevi, 157
- ” ” Hughes Road, 157
- ” ” Khetwadi, 157
- ” ” Lamington Rd., 157
- ” ” Maharbaudi, 75, 80, 81, 156
- ” ” Mahim, 157
- ” ” Mody Bay, 156
- ” ” Nagpada, 113, 136, 156, 175
- ” ” Paidhoni, 75, 112
- ” ” Palton Road, 157
- ” ” Parel, 157
- ” ” Princess Street, 113, 156
- ” ” Sussex Road, 136
- ” ” Wodehouse Road, 136
- Police work, growth of, 60, 61, 65, 66, 96, 108, 110, 121, 165, 166
- ” ” miscellaneous, 154, 162, 163
- ” ” during War, 187-92
- Port Trust, 59, 126
- Powell, Dr. A., 136
- Presidency Magistrates, 57, 70, 80n, 81n, 83, 101, 102, 132
- ” ” Honorary, 132
- Presidency Magistrates Act, 34, 57, 70
- Property stolen and recovered, value of, 42, 89, 92, 127, 166
- Prostitution, 61, 85-9, 93, 94, 115, 116, 117, 118, 131
- Punishments and penalties, 29, 30
- R
- Ramchandra Dharadhar, 192
- Ramchandra, Subehdar, 133
- Ramoshis, 99, 111, 125
- Rangari moholla, 138, 182, 185 and App.
- Receivers of stolen property, 21, 89
- Recorder’s Court, 21, 23, 28, 33
- Regulation I of 1812, 25, 28
- ” ” ” 1834, 33, 34
- Reinold, Mr., 120
- Revolutionary movement, Indian, 104, 106, 121, 145, 148
- Revolver-practice, 162
- Revolvers, theft of, 159
- Riots, Hindu-Muhammadan, 52, 99-103, 104
- ” Khoja, 36
- ” Moharram, 36, 67, 68, 121, 138-40, 146, 162, 184-6 and App.
- ” Parsi, 68
- ” Parsi-Hindu, 30, 31
- ” Parsi-Muhammadan, 36, 37, 68, 69
- ” Plague, 103-4
- ” Tilak, 121, 123, 140-5, 146
- Rivett, L. C. C., 35
- Roshan Ali, Khan Saheb, 73, 97
- Roughton, Major, 101
- Royal Visits, 73, 74, 89, 121, 146, 177-180
- Ryley, Colonel, 101
- S
- Safed gali, see Cursetji Suklaji Street
- Sanders-Slater, J., 96n, 132
- School, Constables’, 157-8
- Seditious books case, 169
- Setalwad, Rao Bahadur C. H., 186, 193 and App.
- Sethna, R. D., 174
- Share Mania, 173
- Sheehy, Inspector, 91
- Sheikh Ibrahim, Khan Bahadur, 97, 133 and App.
- Sheriff, 6
- Shortt, Brig.-General, 46, 49
- Shortt, Capt., 35
- Shortland, Colonel, 101
- Sitaram K. Bole, 189
- Sloane, Superintendent, 110, 129, 134, 150
- Snow, J., 28
- Sonari toli, 92
- Souter, Sir Frank, 54-78, 79, 86, 192
- Souter, W. L. B., 120, 124
- Special Magistrates, 101, 142, 143
- Spens, A., 35, 37
- Street Accidents, 94, 160
- Street Lighting, 32, 76
- Strikes, industrial, 85, 99, 107, 121
- Strike, Police, 121, 124, 125
- Strike, Postal, 121
- Subehdars (of militia), 1, 4
- Sub-Inspectors, Indian, 156
- Sulliman Cassum Haji Mitha, Sirdar Saheb, 186
- Sulliman chauki, 102, 182, 186
- “Superintendent of Police”, 12, 17, 20, 23, 35
- ” ” ”powers of, 20, 21, 22, 24
- Superintendents of Police, European, 73, 96, 131
- Superintendent-General of Police, 24, 26, 33
- Supreme Court, 28 and n, 33
- Swann, General John, 185 and App.
- Sweeney, Superintendent, 96
- T
- Taki, Khan Saheb F. M., 165, 168
- ” ” ” M. H., 168
- Talcherkar, H. A., 189
- Tatya Lakshman, Rao Saheb, 96-7
- Teji-mundi, 84
- Temple, Sir Richard, 74, 77
- Textile Industry, 107
- Theatres, licensing of, 159, 160
- ” rules for, 159, 160
- Thornton, T., 35, 37
- Tilak, Bal Gangadhar, 104, 105, 106, 121, 140-2, 143, 145
- Tod, James, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23
- Traffic in Women and Children, 88, 165
- Traffic-regulation, 94, 95, 130, 131
- Tyebali Alibhai, 128, 170
- U
- Uniform (of constables), 34
- ” (of European police), 127
- V
- Vereadores, 5, 7
- Viceregal Visits, 73, 146, 176
- Vinayakrao Dinanath, 192
- Vincent, F. A. M. H., 137, 150, 153, 185 and App.
- Vincent, R. H., 62, 73, 80, 90-106, 107
- W
- Warden, F., 17, 20, 23, 24
- Warden, J., 35
- War Relief Fund, 192
- Webb, Mr., 102
- Wedderburn, General D., 7, 9
- Weights and Measures, 61
- Weir, Dr. T., 102
- West, Sir E., 28
- Williamson, Superintendent, 134
- Willingdon, Lord, 192, 194
- Willis, H., 35
- Wilson, G. S., 150
- Wilson, Lieut.-Col. W. H., 79-89, 112
- Wise, Colonel, 79
- Wodehouse, Sir P., 69, 70
- Wyborne, Sir J., 3
About This Book
A chronological account traces the evolution of the city police from seventeenth-century militia and night watches into a formal magistracy and organized constabulary. It describes administrative developments, changing duties, the composition and uniforms of personnel, and the practical methods used for crime prevention and maintaining public order. The narrative surveys successive heads of the force and the reforms they implemented, situates policing amid episodes of political unrest and civic growth, and concludes with reflections on the force’s structure and character on the eve of major constitutional and administrative changes.