Dewan Bahadur or Diwan Bahadur was a

title of honour A title of honor or honorary title is a title bestowed upon individuals or organizations as an award in recognition of their merits. Sometimes the title bears the same or nearly the same name as a title of authority, but the person bestowed ...

awarded during British rule in India. It was awarded to individuals who had performed faithful service or acts of public welfare to the nation. From 1911 the title was accompanied by a special Title Badge. ''

Dewan ''Dewan'' (also known as ''diwan'', sometimes spelled ''devan'' or ''divan'') designated a powerful government official, minister, or ruler. A ''dewan'' was the head of a state institution of the same name (see Divan). Diwans belonged to the el ...

'' literally means Prime Minister in Indian context and '' Bahadur'' means brave. This title was above

Rao Bahadur Rai Bahadur (in North India) and Rao Bahadur (in South India), R.B., was a title of honour bestowed during British Raj, British rule in India to individuals for outstanding service or acts of public welfare to the British Empire, Empire. From ...

title and people with Rao Bahadur could be elevated to status of Diwan Bahadur. Further, the Prime Ministers of Indian Princely States were known as Dewan/ Diwan. They were also given or promoted directly to the title of Dewan Bahadur by British authorities on being appointed Dewan, to suit their post. The Dewan and other similar titles issued during British Raj were disestablished in 1947 upon independence of India.

List of people with Dewan Bahadur title

* R. Raghunatha Rao – Dewan of

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from 1875 to 1880 and 1886 to 1888. * R. Ramachandra Rao * N. Pattabhirama Rao * K. Rangachari * V. Nagam Aiya of

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* I. X. Pereira * K. P. Puttanna Chetty * D. D. Thacker of Jharia * Ketoli Chengappa Chief Commissioner of

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* C. S. Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar CBE Indian industrialist and politician. * R. Venkata Ratnam of

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The Message and Ministrations of Dewan Bahadur Sir R. Venkata Ratnam, Volume 3 by Sir R Venkata Ratnam, V. Ramakrishna Rao – 1924. * E.K Govindan * E.K Krishnan of

* P. T. Kumarasamy Chetty of

* T. Namberumal Chetty of

* Rettamalai Srinivasan of

* S. Venkataramadas Nayudu – Dewan of the

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from 1899 to 1909. * V. Thirumalai Pillai of

* P. Khalifullah Sahib Rowther – Dewan of

Pudukkottai State Pudukkottai was a kingdom and later a princely state in British India, which existed from 1680 until 1948. The Thondaman dynasty, Kingdom of Pudukkottai was founded in about 1680 as a feudatory of Ramnad estate, Ramnad and grew with subsequent ...

from 1941 to 1947. * Lodd Govindoss Chathurbhujadoss * Chevalier I. X. Pereira (Ignatius Xavier Pereira) colonial-era Sri Lankan businessman and politician. * L. D. Swamikannu Pillai - First elected president of the Madras Legislative Council.

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List of people with Dewan Bahadur title

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