which had created the office of the secretary of state for india
Secretary of State for India The Secretary of State for India or India Secretary was the British Cabinet minister and the political head of the India Office responsible for the governance of the British Raj (India), Aden, and Burma. The post was created in 1858 when the East India Company's rule in Bengal ended and India except for the Princely States was brought under the direct administration of the government in London, beginning the official colonial period under the British Empire.
T. N. Seshan Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan known as T. N. Seshan is a retired 1955 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, best remembered as the man who cleaned up elections in India.[1][2] He was the 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India (1990â€“96), who reformed elections by largely ending its malpractices in the country.[3] and redefined the status and visibility of the Election Commission of India.[4][5] An Indian Administrative Service officer, he earlier served as the 18th Cabinet Secretary of India in 1989. He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service in 1996.[6]