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Cecil Kisch

Sir Cecil Hermann Kisch, KCIE, CB (31 March 1884 – 20 October 1961) was a British civil servant in the India Office who rose to be Deputy Under-Secretary of State for India from 1943 to 1946. In later life, he became an author and historian, and had a long literary career.

He belonged to the Jewish Kisch family of Prague. He was born on 31 March 1884 in Kolkata, India. He was the son of Herman Michael Kisch and Alice Charlotte Kisch.

His father Michael Kisch joined the Imperial Civil Service in 1873 and later became the deputy secretary to government of India, postmaster-general of Bengal as well as director-general of the post office in India.

His brother Frederick Hermann Kisch became a British delegate to the Versailles peace conference after having fought in First World War.

Cecil Kisch has been married twice, once to Myra Hannah Kisch and the other time to Rebecca Grace Kisch.

He died on 20 October, 1961 in London, England.

He joined the General Post Office in 1907, then was appointed to the India Office in 1908. In 1917, he became a private secretary to Edwin Montagu, the then Secretary of State for India.

In 1921, he was appointed as the finance department of the India Office and was the key driver behind numerous monetary reforms including the establishment of the Reserve Bank of India.

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