List of knights grand commander of the Order of the Star of India

This is a list of knights grand commander (knights, 1861-1866) of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India from 1861 until 1947, when the order ceased to be awarded. The viceroy of India served as ex-officio Grand Master of the Order, and was automatically appointed as a knight grand commander upon taking office.

1860s

• 1861-1866: See list of knights companion of the Order of the Star of India

1867

• His Highness Maharajadhiraja Shri Sir Jawansinhji Gambhirsinhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar

1869

• His Highness Bhagwant Singh, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur

1870s

1870

• His Highness Mahendra Singh, Maharaja of Patiala
• The Nawab Salar Jung Bahadoor, KCSI Minister of the Hyderabad State

1871

• His Highness Dheraj Sumbho Sing, Maharana of Oodeypore
• His Highness Pragmuljee, Rao of Cutch

1872

• Her Highness the Nawab Shah Jehan, Begum of Bhopal

1873

• His Excellency Maharajah Jung Bahadoor Kunwar Ranajee
• General Sir John Low
• Lieutenant-General Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain

1877

• Field-Marshal His Royal Highness George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge

1880s

1881

• His Highness Sujjun Singh, Maharana of Udaipur

1882

• His Highness Visakham Thirunal, Maharajah of Travancore
• His Highness Nawab Ikbal-ud-dowlah of Oudh (Baghdad)

1884

• His Highness Chama Rajendra Wadeir, Maharajah of Mysore

1888

• His Highness Moolam Thirunal, Maharajah of Travancore.

1890s

1892

• Colonel His Highness Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.

1893

• General Frederick Sleigh, Baron Roberts of Kandahar

1895

• His Highness Madho Rao, Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior
• The Right Honourable George Robert Canning, Baron Harris
• His Highness Rajarshi Shahu, Maharaj of Kolhapur
• The Right Honourable Henry Hartley Fowler

1896

• (Extra) The Right Honourable Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock

1897

• His Highness Vyankatesh Raman Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Rewa.
• Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
• Maharaja Sir Bir Bhamsber Jang Rana Bahadur
• Sir Antony Patrick MacDonnell
• His Highness Lieutenant Colonel Sir Partab Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar
• Lieutenant-General Richard Strachey

1898

• His Highness Rajinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala.

1900s

1900

• His Highness Maharao Umed Singh Bahadur, of Kotah.

1903

• The Right Honourable George Francis Hamilton
• His Highness Sir Shri Rama Varma, Rajarshi of Cochin
• Colonel His Highness Priyadarsi Devanampriya Maharaj-Adhiraj Maharaja Rudra Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Singrauli

1905

• His Excellency Maharaja Chandra Shamsher Jang, Rana Bahadur, Prime Minister of Nepal.

1906

• His Highness Pratap Singh Bahadur, Maharaja Ju Deo of Orchha

1907

• His Highness Sri Krishnaraja Wadiar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore.

1909

• His Highness Sir Rasul Khanji Mahabbat Khanji, Nawab of Junagarh.
• His Excellency General The Right Honourable Horatio Herbert, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum

1910s

1910

• Her Highness Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam, Begum of Bhopal
• His Highness Sir Sardar Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jodhpur

1911

• Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley
• Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick
• Sir William Lee-Warner
• General Sir Dighton MacNaghten Probyn
• His Excellency Sir George Sydenham Clarke
• The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Lawley
• Sir John Prescott Hewett
• Colonel His Highness Sri Sir Gunga Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Bikaner
• His Highness Major Sir Umed Singh Bahadur, Maharao of Kotah
• His Excellency General Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh
• His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Raish-ul-Itikad Daulat-i-Inglisbia Raja-i-Rajagan Raja Sir Jagatjit Singh, Bahadur Ahluwalia of Kapurthala.
• His Highness Asafjah Muzaffer-ul-Mulk-Maamalik Nizam-ul-Mulk Nizam-ud-Daula Nawab Mir Usman Ali Khan, Bahadur Fateh Jang, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad.
• His Highness Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan

1912

• His Highness Amin-ud-Daula Wazir-ul-Mulk Nawab Sir Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan, Bahadur, Saulat Jang of Tonk

1916

• His Excellency General Sir Beauchamp Duff

1917

• His Highness Maharao Raja Sawai Sir Khengarji Bahadur Rao of Cutch.

1918

• His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Baron Pentland
• His Excellency Sir Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Baron Willingdon

1919

• His Excellency General Sir Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet
• His Highness Sir Raghubir Singh Bahadur, Maharao of Bundi
• George Carmichael
• Michael Ernest Sadler

1920s

1921

• Colonel His Highness Alhijah Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglisihia, Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nasir-ul-Mulk Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Sir Hamid Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Rampur
• Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Benares.
• Major-General His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulet-i-Inglishia Mansur-i-Zaman Amar-ul-Umra Maharajadhiraja Rajeshwar Sri Maharaja-i-Rajagan Sir Bhupindar Singh Mahindar Bahadur, Maharaja of Patiala.

1923

• His Highness Lieutenant-Colonel Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaja Jam Sahib

1924

• Colonel His Highness Sewai Maharaj Shri Jey Singh, Maharaja of Alwar
• James Lyle, Viscount Inchcape
• General Henry Seymour, Baron Rawlinson of Trent

1925

• The Right Honourable Victor Alexander George Robert, Earl of Lytton
• The Right Honourable Arthur Hamilton, Viscount Lee of Fareham

1928

• Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler

1929

• Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel, George Joachim, Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurst
• Lieutenant-Colonel The Right Honourable Sir Leslie Orme Wilson

1930s

1930

• The Right Honourable Sir John Allsebrook Simon
• Field-Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob
• Field Marshal Sir William Riddell Birdwood

1931

• His Highness Sir Bhupal Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Udaipur
• Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Rajaram Chhatrapati, Maharaja of Kolhapur
• Major-General His Highness Projjwal-Nepal Tara-Dhish Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana.

1932

• Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Iftikhar-ul-Mulk Sikandar Saulat Haji Sir Muhammad Hamidullah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Bhopal.
• Sir William Malcolm Hailey
• The Right Honourable William Robert Wellesley, Earl Peel

1933

• Colonel His Highness Sir Hari Singh Indar Mahindar Bahadur, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.

1934

• Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir George Frederick Stanley
• Field-Marshal Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode
• Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare

1935

• Lieutenant-General His Highness Ojaswi Rajanya Projjwala Nepala Tara Ati Pravala Gorkha Dakshina Bahu Prithuladheesha Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana

1936

• Lieutenant-Colonel Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraja Sir Umaid Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jodhpur

1937

• His Highness Maharaja Shri Sir Bhagwatsinhji Sagramji, Maharaja of Gondal
• Ranbir Singh, the Maharaja of Jind

1940s

1940

• General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels

1941

• Major His Highness Rukn-ud-Daula Nusrat-i-Jang, Saif-ud-Daula Hafiz-ul-Mulk Mukhlis-ud-Daula wa Muin-ud-Daula Nawab al Haj Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Bahawalpur.

1946

• Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Mukhtar-ul-Mulk, Asim-ul-Iqtidar, Rafi-ush-Shan, Wala Shikoh Mohta-Sham-i-Dauran, Umdat-ul-Umra, Maharajadhi-Raja Alijah Hisam-us-Sultanat, Sir George Jivaji Rao, Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior.
• Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Sri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Sir Bala Rama Varma, Maharaja of Travancore

1947

• Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Digvijaysinhji, Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar.

1948

• His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Edward Nye
• His Excellency Sir Frederick John Burrows
• Major His Highness Maharaja Sir Shahaji Chhatrapati, Maharaja of Kolhapur.
• Lieutenant-General His Highness Saramad-i-Rajaha-i-Hindustan Raj Rajindra Sri Maharajadhiraja Sawar Sir Man Singhji, Maharaja of Jaipur.
• Lieutenant-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Shiromani Shri Sir Sadul Singhji Bahadur, Maharajah of Bikaner

Honorary Knights Grand Commander

• 1868: Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt
• 1870: Ferdinand de Lesseps
• 1873: Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh, Grand Vizier of Persia
• 1875: Tewfik Pasha of Egypt
• 1878: Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Saffet Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• 1879: Khudadad Khan, Khan of Kalat
• 1885: Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan
• 1887: Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan, Governor-General of Isfahan, Arabistan, Kurdistan, Yazd, etc.
• 1890: Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Sultan of Zanzibar
• 1894: Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, Sultan of Zanzibar
• 1896: Nubar Pasha
• 1909: Prince Auguste Louis Alberic d'Arenberg, President of the Suez Canal Company
• 1935: Maharaja Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal
• 1945: Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Commander-in-Chief, Nepalese Army

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See also

Order of the Star of India