List of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
# 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
