Orders, decorations, and medals of British India

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This article is about the honours related to British rule in India. For the current honours of Republic of India, see Orders, decorations, and medals of India.

The following is the list of orders, decorations and medals related to British India:[1][2]

Orders[]

For other uses, see Order of India.

Order of Chivalry[]

  • Order of the Star of India (1861-1947)
  • Order of the Indian Empire (1878-1947)
  • Order of the Crown of India (1878-1947)

Order of Merit[]

  • Order of British India (1837-1947)

Medals[]

Civil Medals[]

  • Kaisar-i-Hind Medal (1900-1947)

Military Medals[]

Police Medals[]

  • Indian Police Medal (1932-1950)

Commemoration Medals[]

  • Empress of India Medal (1877)
  • Delhi Durbar Medal (1903)
  • Delhi Durbar Medal (1911)

Campaign Medals[]

See also: Category:Medals of the Honourable East India Company
  • Monghyr Mutiny Medal (1766)
  • Deccan Medal (1784)
  • Mysore Medal (1793)
  • Egypt Medal (1801)
  • Seringapatam Medal (1801)
  • Capture of Ceylon Medal (1807)
  • Medal for capture of Rodrigues, Isle of Bourbon and Isle of France (1811)
  • Java Medal (1812)
  • Nepal Medal (1816)
  • Burma Medal (1826)
  • Coorg Medal (1837)
  • Ghuznee Medal (1839)
  • Jellalabad Medals (1842)
  • Medal for the Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie (1842)
  • Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medal (1842)
  • China War Medal (1842)
  • Scinde Medal (1843)
  • Gwalior Star (1844)
  • Sutlej Medal (1846)
  • Punjab Medal (1849)
  • Army of India Medal (1851)
  • India General Service Medal (1854)
  • Indian Mutiny Medal (1858)
  • Second China War Medal (1861)
  • Afghanistan Medal (United Kingdom) (1881)
  • Abyssinian War Medal (1869)
  • Kabul to Kandahar Star (1881)
  • Central Africa Medal (1895)
  • India Medal (1896)
  • East and Central Africa Medal (1899)
  • China War Medal (1900)
  • Tibet Medal (1905)
  • India General Service Medal (1909)
  • India General Service Medal (1936)
  • India Service Medal (1946)

Battle Honours[]

Main article: Repugnant battle honours of the Indian Army

Titles[]

  • Title Badge (India)

First Class[]

  • Sardar Bahadur
  • Diwan Bahadur

Second Class[]

Third Class[]

See also[]

  • Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom

References[]

  1. ^ Puddester, Robert P. (2014). Medals of British India: The story of the Army of India Medal and the medal roll of the East India Company's land forces. Puddester Numismatic Foundation. ISBN 978-0-9920141-0-0.
  2. ^ Puddester, Robert P. (1987). Catalogue of British India Historical Medals: Including Temperance, Shooting and Sporting Medals, Badges, and Miscellaneous Items. R.C. Senior. ISBN 978-0-9511308-2-7.

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