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{{Infobox government agency<br />
| name = Department of Criminal Intelligence<br />
| type = <br />
| logo = <br />
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| formed = {{Start date|1904|04|}}<br />
| preceding1 = [[Thagi and Dakaiti Department]]<br />
| dissolved = <br />
| superseding1 = [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]]<br />
| agency_type = Intelligence agency<br />
| jurisdiction = [[British India]]<br />
| status = Superseded<br />
| headquarters = [[Shimla]], British India<br />
| motto = <br />
| employees = <br />
| budget = <br />
| chief1_position = Director<br />
| chief2_position = Deputy Director<br />
| parent_department = Home Department<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Department of Criminal Intelligence''' ('''DCI'''), originally called '''Central Criminal Intelligence Department''' ('''CCID'''), was the [[Central government|central]] foreign and domestic [[intelligence agency]] of the [[Government of India Act 1858|Government of India]] during the [[British Raj]]. It was established by [[Lord Curzon]], the then [[Viceroy of India]],<ref name="Popplewell">{{Cite book|surname1=Popplewell|given1=Richard J.|year=1995|title=Intelligence and Imperial Defence: British Intelligence and the Defence of the Indian Empire 1904–1924 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H44J2uDSE2cC&pg=PA42|publisher=Routledge|page=42|isbn=0-7146-4580-X}}</ref> based on the Indian Police Commission report submitted on 30 May 1903 under the chairmanship of [[Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser]], which examined and recommended reforms in Indian police system. [[Sir Harold Stuart]] was appointed as the first director of DIC.<ref>{{cite book |last=Riddick |first=John F. |year=2006 |title=The History of British India |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=0-313-32280-5 |page=87}}</ref> Curzon also established [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|Criminal Investigation Departments]] (CID) in all [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|provinces]] of British India.<ref name="Popplewell"/><br />
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DCI later became the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balachandran |first=Vappala |date=5 May 2020 |title=How Viceroy Lord Mayo's Assassination Led to Creation Of India's First Intelligence Bureau |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/opinion-how-viceroy-lord-mayos-assassination-led-to-creation-of-indias-first-intelligence-bureau-news-352084 |work=[[Outlook India]] |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1904 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian intelligence agencies]]<br />
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