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of Colonel Ludlow, he raised it until it came to be
looked upon as in no way inferior to the British
Indian Police. The great thing under his able
control of it was, that not a single event of import-
ance that happened outside the Dominions, and in
.any way likely to affect the conditions within the
State and cause disquiet or disturbance, re-
mained unkown to him. Similarly, the coming-
in and going-out of suspicious characters who
might be agents of mischief, did not escape his
vigilance. Being an Englishman and a lent officer
from the Government of India, he had facilities
in obtaining information of secret movements
in British India from the Heads of Police there.
In the years, 1909 and 1910, there was a good deal
of unrest in British India and some alarming
symptoms of disloyalty had come under observa-
tion in the Bombay Presidency, not far from our
frontier. The dastardly murder of the Collector
of Nasik was the first serious political crime by
an Indian, which foreboded evils to follow. Mr.
Hankin was daily receiving confidential informa-
tion from British India and was able to put his
police on its guard. He kept me in touch as
officiating Home Secretary with all that was of
importance. After his departure from Hyder-
abad in 1920, this source of information from
British India ceased, for the officer who succeeded
him as Inspector-General of Police was an Indian,
and could not command the same resources as
had been available to Mr. Hankin. The result
was, that our police lost touch with the police
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