The Order of British India was an order of merit established in 1837 by the East India Company for "long, faithful and honourable service". The company's...
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The motto of the order was "Heaven's Light Our Guide". The Star of India emblem, the insignia of order and the informal emblem of British India, was also...
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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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Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system. The Order was established by Queen Victoria when she became Empress of India in...
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The British Raj (/rɑːdʒ/ RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting...
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India (1878–1947) Order of British India (1837–1947) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Order of India. If an internal link...
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Order of the British Empire itself. While recipients are not members of the Order, the medal is affiliated to it. Between 1993 and 2012, the British Empire...
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of the Star of India. The British founded the Order in 1878 to reward British and native officials who served in British India. The Order originally had...
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The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, was the main military force of India until national independence in...
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(India). Upon admission into the Order of Merit, members are entitled to use the post-nominal letters OM and are entrusted with the badge of the order...
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with all ranks being eligible. It is a level 2A decoration (order) in the British system of military decorations. Instituted on 6 September 1886 by Queen...
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The flags of British India were varied, and the British Empire used several different banners during the period of its rule in the Indian subcontinent...
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Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in the...
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However, much of India was not ruled directly by the British Government; outside the provinces of British India, there were hundreds of nominally independent...
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Coinage under British governance of the Indian subcontinent can be divided into two periods: East India Company (EIC) issues, pre-1835; and Imperial issues...
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Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future...
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Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348. The most senior order of knighthood in the British honours...
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and a few eminent British subjects" and it was the highest class of the Royal Victorian Order. It is today distinct from the order, though it is officially...
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on the same date as the Order of the British Empire. The order was originally intended to be conferred upon a limited number of persons for whom this special...
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The East India Company (EIC) (1600–1874) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to...
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India CI Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE Member of the Order...
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province of British India. Most of the Punjab region was annexed by the British East India Company on 29 March 1849; it was one of the last areas of the Indian...
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Orders relating to the British Raj or the British Indian Empire are also dormant. The senior order, the Order of the Star of India, was divided into three...
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The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior...
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The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is a dormant British order of chivalry associated with Ireland. The Order was created in 1783 by King George...
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earlier order. The order consists of the sovereign and sixteen knights and ladies, as well as certain "extra" knights (members of the British royal family...
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the British crown. There are also those that have been appointed to two comparable orders, the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour...
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in India (also known as the Company Raj, from Hindi rāj, lit. 'rule') refers to regions of the Indian subcontinent under the control of the British East...
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The following units of the British Armed Forces participated in the Battle of New Orleans on 8 January 1815. The American order of battle is shown separately...
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1099, which was later known as the Order of Malta. A faction of them emerged in France in the 1820s and moved to Britain in the early 1830s, where, after...
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