Charles Tegart

Sir Charles Augustus Tegart KCIE KPM
Police Commissioner of Calcutta
In office 1923–1931
Preceded by	Sir Reginald Clarke
Succeeded by	L. H. Colson
Colonial police officer (adviser) in Mandatory Palestine
In office December 1937 – May 1939
Personal details
Born	1881 Derry, County Londonderry
Died	1946
Profession	Police officer

Sir Charles Augustus Tegart, KCIE, KPM (1881 – 6 April 1946) was a colonial police officer in India and Mandatory Palestine, variously earning praise for his industry and efficiency.

Born in Derry in 1881, Tegart was the son of a Church of Ireland clergyman, Rev. Joseph Poulter Tegart of Dunboyne, County Meath. He was educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and briefly at Trinity College, Dublin.

He joined the Calcutta Police in 1901, becoming head of its Detective Department. He served almost continuously in Calcutta for a period of thirty years until he was appointed a member of the Secretary of State's Indian Council in December 1931.

He was the first officer of the Indian Police (IP) in the organisation and on his report the Special Branch was created.

He was awarded the King's Police Medal in 1911. He became Superintendent of Police in 1908, Deputy Commissioner in 1913, Deputy-Inspector General (Intelligence) in 1918, and Commissioner of Calcutta Police from 1923 to 1931.

He earned notoriety amongst the Bengal opponents of British rule, especially from independence activists. In their eyes, he was an obdurate opponent of Indian nationalism to the point of illegality.

Sir Charles Tegart was involved in a skirmish with Indian revolutionaries led by Jatindranath Mukherjee at Balasore in Orissa on 9 September 1915.

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