Star Of India England Great Britain Chivalry Lot 3 Tobacco Silk Cigarette c 1910

Description: The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India Circa 1910-14 STAR OF INDIA FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION TOBACCO SILK. Clix cigarettes factory 25 2nd dist V.A. The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) Knight Commander (KCSI) Companion (CSI) No appointments have been made since the 1948 New Year Honours, shortly after the Partition of India in 1947. With the death in 2009 of the last surviving knight, the Maharaja of Alwar, the order became dormant. 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 used as the basis of a series of flags to represent the Indian Empire. The order was the fifth most senior British order of chivalry, following the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of St Patrick and Order of the Bath. It is the senior order of chivalry associated with 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. Several years after the Indian Mutiny and the consolidation of Great Britain's power as the governing authority in India, it was decided by the British Crown to create a new order of knighthood to honour Indian Princes and Chiefs, as well as British officers and administrators who served in India. On 25 June 1861, the following proclamation was issued by Queen Victoria: The Queen, being desirous of affording to the Princes, Chiefs and People of the Indian Empire, a public and signal testimony of Her regard, by the Institution of an Order of knighthood, whereby Her resolution to take upon Herself the Government of the Territories in India may be commemorated, and by which Her Majesty may be enabled to reward conspicuous merit and loyalty, has been graciously pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to institute, erect, constitute, and create, an Order of Knighthood, to be known by, and have for ever hereafter, the name, style, and designation, of "The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India" The first appointees were: India The Prince Consort The Prince of Wales Kashirao Dada Saheb Holkar, Raja Of Indore Earl Canning, GCB, Governor-General of India and Grand Master of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India Shahu of Kolhapur, Maharaja of Kolhapur Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V, the 5th Nizam of Hyderabad Jayajirao Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior Maharaja Duleep Singh, former Maharaja of the Sikh Empire Ranbir Singh Dogra, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir Tukojirao Holkar, Maharaja of Indore Narendra Singh, Maharaja of Patiala Khanderrao Gaekwad, Maharaja of Baroda Maharaja Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana of Nepal Nawab Sikander Begum, Nawab Begum of Bhopal Yusef Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Rampur Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur, Nawab of Dhaka Viscount Gough, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army Lord Harris, Governor of Madras Lord Clyde, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army Sir George Russell Clerk, Governor of Bombay Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bt, GCB, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab Sir James Outram, Bt, GCB, Member of the Viceroy's Council Sir Hugh Henry Rose, GCB, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi - Asaf Jah VII - 7th Nizam of Hyderabad Maharaj Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Sadeq Mohammad Khan IV, Nawab of Bahawalpur The Order of the Indian Empire, founded in 1877, was intended to be a less exclusive version of the Order of the Star of India; consequently, many more appointments were made to the latter than to the former. The last appointments to the orders relating to the British Empire in India were made in the 1948 New Year Honours, some months after the Partition of India in August 1947. As the last Grand Master of the orders, the Earl Mountbatten of Burma was also the last known individual to have publicly worn the stars of a Knight Grand Commander of both orders, during the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977. The orders have never been formally abolished, and Charles III succeeded his mother Elizabeth II as Sovereign of the Orders when he ascended the throne in 2022. He remains Sovereign of the Order to this day. However, there are no living members of the order. There were only three female members of the Order: Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal and her daughter, Hajjah Nawab Begum Dame Sultan Jahan, and Mary of Teck. The last Grand Master of the Order, Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979), was assassinated by the Provisional IRA on 27 August 1979. The last surviving Knight Grand Commander, Maharaja Sree Padmanabhadasa Sir Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma GCSI, GCIE, Maharajah of Travancore (1912–1991); died 19 July 1991 in Trivandrum. The last surviving Knight Commander, Maharaja Sir Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur KCSI (1911–2009), Maharaja of Alwar, died on 15 February 2009 in New Delhi. The last surviving Companion of the Order, Vice-Admiral Sir Ronald Brockman CSI (1909–1999), died on 3 September 1999 in London. The Star of India may refer to: Star of India (gem), one of the largest star sapphires in the world Star of India (flag), flag of British India. Star of India (emblem), emblem of British India. Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (1861–1947), an order of chivalry associated with British India Star of India (ship), a museum ship in San Diego, USA Star of India (film), a 1954 British film starring Cornel Wilde Star of India (car), Rolls Royce Phantom II of Maharajah of Rajkot The Star (Pakistan), a defunct Karachi newspaper previously published as The Star of India in Calcutta

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