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    The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria on 1 January 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:...
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    The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable...
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    the British Raj; junior to it is the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, and there is also, for women only, the Imperial Order of the Crown of India...
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    Nowroji Saklatwala (category Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire)
    Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1923 New Year Honours, knighted in the 1933 Birthday Honours and further knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British...
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    21 April 1896 the Royal Victorian Order as a junior and personal order of knighthood that allowed her to bestow directly to an empire-wide community...
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  • India Order of St Michael and St George Order of the Indian Empire Royal Victorian Order Order of the British Empire Wives of Companions of the Distinguished...
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  • Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE Companion of the Distinguished...
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  • Jehangir Ghandy (category Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire)
    as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1941, he was Knighted in 1945. He was made an Honorary Lt. Col. in the Territorial Army in 1952...
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  • Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire (none, order dormant) Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Lieutenants...
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    since the independence of India in 1947 Order of the Indian Empire, founded by Queen Victoria in 1878 and has not been awarded since the independence of India...
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  • knighthoods (the Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire). Those Indian rulers who received other British orders of knighthood were...
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  • Knight Commander (category Order, decoration, and medal stubs)
    India (KCSI) Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG / DCMG) Royal Guelphic Order (KCH) Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) Royal Victorian Order (KCVO / DCVO)...
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    Laxman Singh (category Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
    reign of 71 years, aged 81. At the time of his death he was also the second-to-last surviving Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (Chithira...
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    or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler...
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    Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire – 17 December 1900  Spain: Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, with Collar – 1900  Belgium: Grand Cordon of the...
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    Tashi Namgyal (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
    1911. CIE: Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, 1 January 1918. KCIE: Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire, 1 January 1923. King...
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    paramountcy, called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. This system of governance was instituted...
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  • italics): Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB) Order of the Star of India (KCSI) Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG/DCMG) Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) Royal...
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    King George V Coronation Medal – 1911 Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) – 1911 1914 Star British War Medal – 1918 Victory Medal...
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    Madho Singh II (category Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
    Commander of the Order of the Star of India and of the Order of the Indian Empire, and a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and of the Order of the...
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    Yashwant Rao Holkar II (category Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
    on 9 May 1930. On 1 January 1935 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Indian Empire. He established a legislative council for Indore state and created...
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    the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours) Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) 1 January 1921 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the...
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    Azam Jah (category Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
    (Hyderabad) Meritorious Service Medal-1945 Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) – 1946 Himayatnagar, Hyderabad Himayatnagar, Maharashtra...
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  • Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire (none, order dormant) Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Companions...
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  • or refused in the hope of another higher distinction (Roald Dahl refused being decorated as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, allegedly because...
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    Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
    King George VI Coronation Medal-1937 Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)-1939 1939-1945 Star-1945 Africa Star-1945 Pacific Star-1945...
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    served as the grand master of the two principal orders of chivalry of British India: the Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire. During...
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  • 1885 Birthday Honours (category 1885 in the United Kingdom)
    Hunter, Bombay Staff Corps. Appointments to the Order of the Indian Empire were published in The London Gazette on 6 June 1885. Major Robert Parry Nisbet...
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    of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) by the British in 1919. He features in the oil on canvas painting by Douglas Chandor, Prime Ministers of the...
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  • 1942 New Year Honours (category 1942 in the United Kingdom)
    British Empire. They were announced on 30 December 1941. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. The Right...
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