Department of Criminal Intelligence

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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox government agency

| name = Department of Criminal Intelligence

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| formed = {{Start date|1904|04|}}

| preceding1 = Thagi and Dakaiti Department

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| superseding1 = Intelligence Bureau

| agency_type = Intelligence agency

| jurisdiction = British India

| status = Superseded

| headquarters = Shimla, British India

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| chief1_position = Director

| chief2_position = Deputy Director

| parent_department = Home Department

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The Department of Criminal Intelligence (DCI), originally called Central Criminal Intelligence Department (CCID), was the central foreign and domestic intelligence agency of the Government of India during the British Raj. It was established by Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India,{{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}} 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.{{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}} Curzon also established Criminal Investigation Departments (CID) in all provinces of British India.

DCI later became the Intelligence Bureau.{{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}}