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, 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
1876 His Grace Richard Plantagenet Campbell, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Governor of the Presidency of Madras Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse, KCB, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay
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 Raja Sir Tassaduq Rasul Khan, of Jahangirabad Raj, United Provinces, Oudh 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 Lord 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 OrchhaThe London Gazzette
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 (Viscount, Baron, KG, KSP, PC, Bt, Kt, KGB, KCB, CB, GCSI, KCSI, CSI, GCMG, KCMG, CMG, GCIE, KCIE, CIE, GCVO, KCVO, CVO, MVO, CH, ISO, Kaisar-i-Hind, RRC) His Excellency Sir Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Baron Willingdon (Viscount, Baron, KG, KSP, PC, Bt, Kt, KGB, KCB, CB, GCSI, KCSI, CSI, GCMG, KCMG, CMG, GCIE, KCIE, CIE, GCVO, KCVO, CVO, MVO, CH, ISO, Kaisar-i-Hind, RRC)
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 WilsonUnited Kingdom and British Empire:
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 GondalUnited Kingdom and British Empire: 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.United Kingdom list (1): Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Sri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Sir Bala Rama Varma, Maharaja of TravancoreUnited Kingdom list (1):
1947 Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Digvijaysinhji, Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar.Order of the Crown of India:
1948 His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Edward NyeBritish Empire: His Excellency Sir Frederick John BurrowsBritish Empire: Major His Highness Maharaja Sir Shahaji Chhatrapati, Maharaja of Kolhapur.British Empire: Lieutenant-General His Highness Saramad-i-Rajaha-i-Hindustan Raj Rajindra Sri Maharajadhiraja Sawar Sir Man Singhji, Maharaja of Jaipur.British Empire: Lieutenant-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Shiromani Shri Sir Sadul Singhji Bahadur, Maharajah of BikanerBritish Empire:
Honorary Knights Grand Commander 1868: Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt 1870: Ferdinand de LessepsLondon Gazette, 19 August 1870 1873: Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh, Grand Vizier of PersiaLondon Gazette, 4 July 1873 1875: Tewfik Pasha of EgyptLondon Gazette, 4 May 1875 1878: Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt,London Gazette, 1 January 1878 Saffet Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman EmpireLondon Gazette, 30 August 1878 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.London Gazette, 20 December 1887 1890: Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Sultan of ZanzibarLondon Gazette, 11 November 1890 1894: Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, Sultan of ZanzibarLondon Gazette, 23 February 1894 1896: Nubar Pasha 1909: Prince Auguste Louis Alberic d'Arenberg, President of the Suez Canal CompanyLondon Gazette, 1 January 1909 1935: Maharaja Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of NepalLondon Gazette, 1 January 1935 1945: Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Commander-in-Chief, Nepalese ArmyLondon Gazette, 27 November 1945
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See also Order of the Star of India