Order of the Star of India

:The article is about the order of chivalry known as "Star of India". For other items of the same name, please see disambiguation at Star of India.

History

The Order was founded to honour Indian Princes and Chiefs, as well as British officers who served in India. 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 former than to the latter.

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Appointments to both Orders ceased after 14 August 1947. The Sovereign, Elizabeth II, is the only remaining member of the Order of the Star of India. The Order of the Indian Empire, however, has a single surviving ordinary member (HH The Maharaja of Dhrangadhra, who was born in 1923).

Related Topics:
14 August - Elizabeth II - Maharaja of Dhrangadhra - 1923

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