List of honorary knighthoods in India

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Before the Republic of India was established on 26 January 1950, all Indian subjects of the princely states and Indian rulers were entitled to substantive knighthoods (the Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire).[1] Those Indian rulers who received other British orders of knighthood were only considered honorary members of those orders.[citation needed]

The following is a partial list of honorary British knighthoods as given to Indian rulers and members of the ruling families up to 1947 (the Orders of the Star of India and the Indian Empire are considered substantive). Rulers of states that are presently part of what is now Pakistan are included in this article. The order moves from the most prestigious states (21-guns) to least prestigious (9-guns).

Note that this list does not include knighthoods awarded by the various Royal Houses in India, which are described in the articles of the individual princely states. This list also does not include orders of knighthood granted to Indian rulers by other foreign countries, such as France.

Rulers by Indian princely state[edit]

21-gun salute[edit]

Hyderabad

Mysore

Jammu and Kashmir

Gwalior

19-gun salute[edit]

Bhopal

  • Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum - GBE (1917)

Kolhapur

17-gun salute[edit]

Kotah

Bahawalpur (now in Pakistan)

Bikaner

Cutch

Jodhpur

Patiala

15-gun salute[edit]

Dholpur

  • Udaybhanu Singh - KCVO (1922)

Dhar

  • Udajirao II - KCVO (1922), KBE (1917)

Idar

Rampur

Swat (now part of Pakistan)

  • Abdul Wadud - KBE (1930)

13-gun salute[edit]

Kapurthala

Nawanagar

Ratlam

  • Sajjan Singh - KCVO (1922)

Jaora

  • Muhammad Ifthikar Ali Khan Bahadur - GBE (1937)

Palanpur

  • Taley Muhammad Khan Bahadur - KCVO (1922)

Rajpipla

Tripura

  • Bir Bikram Kishore - GBE (1946)

11-gun salute[edit]

Assam

Hiralal Phukan -1917(A.D.)

Received Order of British India First Class in Delhi Durban.

Narendra Nath Phukan -1941

For fighting courageous in the Second World War. And, also received the Indian Recruiting Badge.

Morvi

  • Lakhdhiraji Waghji - GBE (1939)

Narsingarh

  • Jodhpuriji Shri Huzur Rani Bapu Shiv Kanwarji Sahiba, Rani of Narsingarh - DBE (1924)

Religious heads[edit]

The Aga Khan[edit]

As a religious head, the Aga Khan is not a monarch per se, but until 1947 merited a 13-gun salute

Political pensioners[edit]

Those ruling families had lost ruling rights by the 20th century.

Murshidabad (entitled to a 19-gun personal salute)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Grand Chapter of the Star of India at Calcutta, 1 January 1876". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2024. The Order of the Star of India was an Indian Knighthood established in 1861 to strengthen bond between the rulers of India and the British Crown.
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