<P> The Early Nationalists, also known as the Moderates, worked for several implementation of various social reforms such as the appointment of a Public Service Commission and a resolution of the House of Commons (1893) allowing for simultaneous examination for the Indian Civil Service in London and India . </P> <P> By 1920, there were five methods of entry into the higher civil service: firstly, the open competitive examinations in London; secondly, separate competitive examinations in India; thirdly, nomination in India to satisfy provincial and communal representation; fourthly, promotion from the Provincial Civil Service and lastly, appointments from the bar (one - fourth of the posts in the ICS were to be filled from the bar). </P> <P> Queen Victoria had suggested that the civil servants in India should have an official dress uniform, as did their counterparts in the Colonial Service . However, the Council of India decided that prescribing a dress uniform would be an undue expense for their officials . </P> <P> Although no uniform was prescribed for the Indian Civil Service until the early twentieth century . The only civilians allowed a dress uniform by regulations were those who had distinct duties of a political kind to perform, and who are thereby brought into frequent and direct personal intercourse with native princes . </P>

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