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Lord Mayo, Vice Roy of India appointed a Commission in 1868 to report on Cattle diseases in India and the measures required for their prevention and cure. The report of the Commission included a recommendation to form Provincial Veterinary Establishments.
Lord Hartington, as Secretary of State for India,in his dispatch No.21,dated 20th April,1882 urged that the then newly constituted Department of Agriculture should give early and careful attention to the subject of cattle diseases and that comprehensive measures should be taken in co-operation with Local Governments to deal with it.
A Committee in its meeting held at Calcutta in 1883 recommended the formation of a Civil Veterinary Department for the whole of the country. A further Conference in 1885 taking advantage of certain reductions which were then contemplated in the Army Veterinary Department ,suggested the utilization of Army Officers coming under reduction for this purpose.(Government of India, Finance and Commerce Department dispatch No.137,dated 5th May,1904 to the Secretary of State accompanying Government of Bombay Resolution,Revenue Department No.6942,dated 10th September,1904).
In a meeting held at Delhi in April, 1888,the constitution and functions of a Civil Veterinary Department were finalized. The meeting was convened with the concurrence of Local Governments and Administrations,Civil & Military Departments were suitably represented at the meeting. The formation of a Civil Veterinary Department thus took final shape