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During the days of [[The British Empire]] the IPS dealt with the political affairs of [[The Raj]]. Specifically it provided liasons to semi-independent principalities and conducted policy with various tribes in the border regions. In other words it did much the same kinds of jobs that the CIA and the US Army Special Forces often do in Afghanistan today.
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After the dissolution of [[The British Empire]], the IPS as such also lapsed. However difficulties in the area have in many ways remained the same, and much of the work done by modern intelligence agents in the area, would be recognized by the IPS.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''Kim'' by [[Rudyard Kipling]] . One of the most famous espionage novels in history. While the IPS is not mentioned by name, the title character does much of the sort of thing that the IPS actually did.
* ''[[Flashman]]'' works as a political while in India in a couple of books.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[Traveller]]'', the IISS is something like the IPS [[Recycled in Space]]; at the least it undertakes the same sort of missions and has a similar elan.
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