Hem Chandra Bose
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Rai Bahadur Hem Chandra Bose with Azizul Haque
, the two Indian employees of the Calcutta Anthropomorphic Bureau (before it became the Fingerprint Bureau), working under the supervision of Edward Henry
have been credited with the primary development of the fingerprint classification system eventually named after their supervisor, and is known as the Henry Classification System
of fingerprint
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approved a committee report that fingerprints should be used for classification of criminal records. After that year, the Kolkata
Anthropometric Bureau became the world's first Fingerprint Bureau. He was Working in the Calcutta Anthropometric Bureau (before it became the Fingerprint Bureau) with Azizul Haque
.He and Haque were the two Indian fingerprint experts credited with primary development of the Henry Classification System
(named for their supervisor, Edward Richard Henry). The Henry Classification System
is still used in all English-speaking countries (primarily as the manual filing system for accessing paper archive files that have not been scanned and computerized).
Azizul Haque
Azizul Haque Azizul Haque Azizul Haque (also Azizul Hacque , Khan Bahadur Qazi Azizul Huq, Quazi Syed Azizul Haque was a police officer of British India who worked with Edward Henry to develop the Henry Classification System of fingerprints. Haque, reportedly, provided the mathematical basis for...
, the two Indian employees of the Calcutta Anthropomorphic Bureau (before it became the Fingerprint Bureau), working under the supervision of Edward Henry
Edward Henry
Sir Edward Richard Henry, 1st Baronet GCVO KCB CSI KPM was the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 1903 to 1918....
have been credited with the primary development of the fingerprint classification system eventually named after their supervisor, and is known as the Henry Classification System
Henry Classification System
The Henry Classification System is a long-standing method by which fingerprints are sorted by physiological characteristics for one-to-many searching. Developed by Sir Edward Henry in the late 19th century for criminal investigations in British India, it was the basis of modern day AFIS...
of fingerprint
Fingerprint
A fingerprint in its narrow sense is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger. In a wider use of the term, fingerprints are the traces of an impression from the friction ridges of any part of a human hand. A print from the foot can also leave an impression of friction ridges...
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Haque & Bose(1897)
On 12 June 1897, the Council of the Governor General of IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
approved a committee report that fingerprints should be used for classification of criminal records. After that year, the Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
Anthropometric Bureau became the world's first Fingerprint Bureau. He was Working in the Calcutta Anthropometric Bureau (before it became the Fingerprint Bureau) with Azizul Haque
Azizul Haque
Azizul Haque Azizul Haque Azizul Haque (also Azizul Hacque , Khan Bahadur Qazi Azizul Huq, Quazi Syed Azizul Haque was a police officer of British India who worked with Edward Henry to develop the Henry Classification System of fingerprints. Haque, reportedly, provided the mathematical basis for...
.He and Haque were the two Indian fingerprint experts credited with primary development of the Henry Classification System
Henry Classification System
The Henry Classification System is a long-standing method by which fingerprints are sorted by physiological characteristics for one-to-many searching. Developed by Sir Edward Henry in the late 19th century for criminal investigations in British India, it was the basis of modern day AFIS...
(named for their supervisor, Edward Richard Henry). The Henry Classification System
Henry Classification System
The Henry Classification System is a long-standing method by which fingerprints are sorted by physiological characteristics for one-to-many searching. Developed by Sir Edward Henry in the late 19th century for criminal investigations in British India, it was the basis of modern day AFIS...
is still used in all English-speaking countries (primarily as the manual filing system for accessing paper archive files that have not been scanned and computerized).