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10 unusual facts about Order of the Star of India


Cecil Kaye

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Cecil Kaye CBE CSI CIE (27 May 1868 - 5 March 1935) was an officer in the British Indian Army.

Edmund Phipps-Hornby

The following men were also awarded the Victoria Cross in the same action: Lieutenant Francis Maxwell (VC, CSI, DSO & Bar), Sergeant Charles Parker (VC), Gunner Isaac Lodge (VC) and Driver Horace Glasock (VC).

Francis Aylmer Maxwell

Brigadier General Francis Aylmer Maxwell VC, CSI, DSO & Bar (7 September 1871 – 21 September 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Harcourt Butler Technological Institute

On 25 November 1921, the governor of the United Provinces, Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (1869–1938), K.C.S.I., C.I.E., laid the foundation of the present building.

John Sydney Lethbridge

In 1925, Lethbridge married Katharine Greville Maynard, the daughter of Sir John Maynard, KCIE CSI, and they had one son and two daughters.

Star of India

Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (1861 – 1947), an order of chivalry associated with British India

Syed Sultan Ahmed

Sir Syed Sultan Ahmed, KCSI (1880–1963, Patna, Bihar, India)

Thomas Renny-Tailyour

Colonel Thomas Francis Bruce Renny-Tailyour CB CSI (8 June 1863–10 June 1937) was a British Army officer and surveyor.

V. Ramiengar

In May 1871, Ram Iyengar was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India.

William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst

General William Rose Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst, GCB, GCSI, DCL (21 June 1819 – 23 June 1876), was a British military commander who served as Commander-in-Chief of India from 1865 to 1870.


13th Lancers

General Sir Frank Messervy, KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar (WWII Commander & First Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army 1947-48)

George St Patrick Lawrence

On 11 January 1865 he received a good-service pension of ₤100l a year; and on 24 May 1866 was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India.

Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI

Nawab Bahadur Sirajud Dawlah, Lieutenant-General His Highness Rustam-i-Dauran, Arustu-i-Zaman, Wal Mamaluk, Asaf Jah VI, Muzaffar ul-Mamaluk, Nizam ul-Mulk, Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Sir Mahbub 'Ali Khan Bahadur, Sipah Salar, Fath Jang, Nizam of Hyderabad, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Honourable Lieutenant-General in the Army.

Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne

Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, GCSI, GCIE, MC (8 May 1895 – 23 February 1939) was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 4th Baron Brabourne.

Muhammad Faiyaz Ali Khan

Nawab Sir Muhammad Faiyaz Ali Khan Bahadur, the Nawab of Pahasu, GBE, KCSI, KCIE, KCVO, MBE; (1851–1922) was a member of Governor General' Council of the United Provinces and Member of the Legislative council of United Provinces.

Muhammad Zafarullah Khan

Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI (February 6, 1893 - September 1, 1985) was one of the leading Founding Fathers of modern Pakistan, politician, statesman, diplomat, international jurist, and a prominent scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet

General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Baronet of Bearcrofts, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, (15 June 1860 – 7 December 1929) was a British Army General during World War I and Governor of Gibraltar from 1923 to 1929.

Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere

Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere GCB, GCH, KSI, PC (14 November 1773 – 21 February 1865), was a British military leader, diplomat and politician.

Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal

Sultan Shahjahan Begum GCSI CI (July 29, 1838 – June 16, 1901) was the Begum of Bhopal (the ruler of the princely state of Bhopal in central India) for two periods: 1844–60 (her mother acting as regent), and secondly during 1868–1901.