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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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    associated with the British Raj; junior to it is the Order of the Indian Empire, and there is also, for women only, the Imperial Order of the Crown of India. Several...
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  • Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George GCMG Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire GCIE Companion of the Order of the Crown of India...
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    junior and personal order of knighthood that allowed her to bestow directly to an empire-wide community honours for personal services. The organisation was...
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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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  • 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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  • Knight Commander (category Orders of chivalry of the United Kingdom)
    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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  • 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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    called the princely states. The region was sometimes called the Indian Empire, though not officially. The area of British India contained much of the present-day...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • and Order of St. John. Leonard St. Clair Ingrams, employed in a Department of the Foreign Office. Captain Thomas William Inman, Master, MV Empire Elaine...
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    as part of the Order of the British Empire. The British Empire Medal is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom in recognition of meritorious civil...
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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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  • 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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    The Indian Order of Merit (IOM) was a military and civilian decoration of British India. It was established in 1837, (General Order of the Governor-General...
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  • English, trustee of big money and man of confidence, commander of the Order of the Empire, faces criminal court at Lausanne, on the charges of attempted circulation...
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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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  • Donald Kenneth McLeod (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
    Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1942 New Year Honours. He became a Deputy Lieutenant for Inverness-shire in 1955. "No. 27765". The London...
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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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    British honour Order of the Bath Order of the British Empire Order of the Garter Order of the Thistle Royal Victorian Order Russian Order of St George It...
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    the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) Recipient of the Territorial Decoration...
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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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  • 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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  • 1902 Coronation Honours (category 1902 in the United Kingdom)
    honours of the United Kingdom and British India, and the creation of two new decorations: the Order of Merit the Imperial Service Order The first Companions...
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    Douglas Gracey (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire)
    Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in January 1948 and served in the honorary capacity of Colonel Commandant of the Indian Signal Corps...
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