The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India was a medal awarded by the Emperor/Empress of India between 1900 and 1947, to "any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex ... who shall have distinguished himself (or herself) by important and useful service in the advancement of the public interest in India." The name "Kaisar-i-Hind" ( ''qaisar-e-hind'', ) literally means "

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" in the

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. The word ''kaisar'', meaning "emperor" is a derivative of the Roman imperial title

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, via Persian (see Qaysar-i Rum) from Greek Καίσαρ ''Kaísar'', and is

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with the German title

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, which was borrowed from Latin at an earlier date. Based upon this, the title '' Kaisar-i-Hind'' was coined in 1876 by the orientalist G.W. Leitner as the official imperial title for the British monarch in India.B.S. Cohn, "Representing Authority in Victorian India", in E. Hobsbawm and T. Ranger (eds.), ''The Invention of Tradition'' (1983), 165-209, esp. 201-2. The last ruler to bear it was

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. ''Kaisar-i-Hind'' was also inscribed on the

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side of the

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, as well as on the Indian Meritorious Service Medal.

History

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or ''Kaisar-i-Hind'', a term coined by the orientalist G.W. Leitner in a deliberate attempt to dissociate British imperial rule from that of preceding dynasties was taken by

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from 1 May 1876, and proclaimed at the

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of 1877. The medal was instituted by

on 10 April 1900. The name translates as "Emperor of India" (a name also used for a rare Indian butterfly, ''

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''). The Royal Warrant for the Kaisar-i-Hind was amended in 1901, 1912, 1933 and 1939. While never officially rescinded, the Kaisar-i-Hind ceased to be awarded following the passage of the

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. The awards of the gold medal were often published in the ''

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'', while other classes were published in the ''

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Medal grades and design

The medal had three grades. The Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal for Public Service in India was awarded directly by the monarch on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for India. Silver and Bronze medals were awarded by the

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. The medal consisted of an oval-shaped badge or decoration in gold, silver or bronze with the Royal Cipher and Monarchy on one side, and the words "Kaisar-i-Hind for Public Service in India" on the other. It was to be worn suspended from the left breast by a dark blue ribbon. The medal has no

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initials. One of its most famous recipient is

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

, who was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind in 1915 by The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst for his contribution to

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. Gandhi returned the medal following the

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carried out by the British officials and wrote, "In European countries, condonation of such grievous wrongs as the khilafat and the Punjab would have resulted in bloody revolution by the people."

Notable recipients

''Award of the Medal and Bar to the Medal'' * Olive Monahan, Gold Medal with Bar; retired Chief Medical Officer Kalyani Hospital, Madras *

Cornelia Sorabji Cornelia Sorabji (15 November 1866 – 6 July 1954) was an Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer. She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, and the first woman to study law at Oxford University. Returning to India after her ...

, Gold Medal with Bar, first female advocate in India; first woman to practice law in India and Britain * Lucia Navamani Virasinghe-Chinnappa, awarded Medal 1937 & Bar to the Medal 1941; pioneered maternity and child health on the Indian subcontinent. ''Award of the medal'' Gold medal * Sardar Khan Bahadur Mir Abdul Ali, JP, Bombay, 9 November 1901 * Dr

Margaret Ida Balfour Margaret Ida Balfour, FRCOG (21 April 1866 – 1 December 1945) was a Scottish medical doctor and campaigner for women’s medical health issues, who made a significant contribution to the development of medicine in India. Her prolific writing ...

, Scottish doctor and campaigner for women's medical health issues * Dr Mary Ronald Bisset, Scottish physician and missionary for women's medical health. * Florence Mary Macnaghten, British - Scottish CMS nurse / in charge of the Canadian Zanana Mission Hospital at Kangra, Punjab, India, for 1905 earthquake relief work and for women's medical health. * Richard Burn, for famine services in 1907–08"BURN, Sir Richard", in ''

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, 2014; retrieved 27 May 2014. * Shankar Madhav Chitnavis, Esq., Deputy-Commissioner, Central Provinces, 9 November 1901 * Major General Thomas Arthur Cooke, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * The Lady Curzon of Kedleston, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Major Herbert Edward Deane, R.A.M.C., 9 November 1901 * Major Thomas Edward Dyson, MB, CM, Indian Medical Service, 9 November 1901 * Mrs E J Firth, of Madras, awarded medal on 9 November 1901 for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj *

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British ru ...

(returned 1920) * Major General Sir

William Forbes Gatacre Lieutenant-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre (3 December 1843 – 18 January 1906) was a British soldier who served between 1862 and 1904 in India and various areas on the African continent. He commanded the British Army Division at the B ...

, chairman of the plague committee of Bombay City 1896 and 1897 * N S Glazebrook, Esq., JP, of Bombay, 9 November 1901 * Very Rev John A. Graham, D.D., for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj *

Thomas Holderness Sir Thomas William Holderness, 1st Baronet, (11 June 1849 – 16 September 1924) was the first former member of the Indian Civil Service to be appointed to the post of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India (although Sir George Russell Cl ...

, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Sydney Hutton Cooper Hutchinson, Esq.,

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, Superintendent of Telegraphs, 9 November 1901 * The Most Hon Alice Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading * Reverend

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of the Blind School, Kemmendine, Rangoon, awarded the gold medal for public services in India, 1930. * Colonel Sir

Samuel Swinton Jacob Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, (14 January 1841 – 4 December 1917), known as Sir Swinton Jacob, was a British Army officer and colonial engineer, architect and writer, best known for the numerous Indian public buildings he designed in the Indo-S ...

, KCIE, Indian Staff Corps, 9 November 1901 * Hakim Ajmal Khan, physician and one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia University * Isabel Kerr, Scottish medical missionary in India in the early 20th-century, created the Victoria Leprosy Centre in Hyderabad, and worked to cure leprosy across India. * Taw Sein Ko, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Harrington Verney Lovett, Esq., Indian Civil Service, 9 November 1901 * Elizabeth Adelaide Manning, awarded the medal in 1904 for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Sir

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, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Herbert Frederick Mayes, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Indian Civil Service, 9 Nov 1901 * Lieutenant-Colonel James McCloghry, FRCS, Indian Medical Service, 9 November 1901 * Miss Eleanor McDougall, awarded Medal of the First Class in June 1923 for her work as Principal of the Women's Christian College, Madras * A Donald Miller, MBE, (1939) for work with the Leprosy Mission 1921-1942 * Rev Charles Henry Monahan, awarded Medal of the First Class in February 1937 for his work as General Superintendent, Methodist Missionary Society, Madras * Olive Monahan, Gold Medal with Bar, retired Chief Medical Officer Kalyani Hospital, Madras *

Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu (Birth name, née Chattopadhyay) (; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist and poet who served as the first Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Governor of United Provinces, after Independence Day (India), Indi ...

, Received gold medal for organising flood relief work in Hyderabad, later returned in protest over

. * Amina Hydari - social worker, reformer, activist. Received medal for organising flood relief work in Hyderabad during the Musi floods. *

Vidyagauri Nilkanth Vidyagauri Nilkanth (1876-1958) was an Indian social reformer, educationist, and writer. She was also one of the first two women graduates in Gujarat. Early life Vidyagauri Nilkanth was born on 1 June 1876 in Ahmedabad. She was the daughter o ...

, social reformer, educationist, and writer * William Florey Noyce, Esq., Extra-Assistant Commissioner and Assistant Secretary to the Financial Commissioner, Burma, 9 November 1901 * Dr John David O′Donnell, MBE, VD, FRCSEd, Chief Medical and Sanitary Officer, Kolar Gold Fields, Mysore, July 1926 * Babu Sri Ram, Rai Bahadur, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * V. P. Madhava Rao, CIE * Mary Reed (missionary), 1917, for missionary services to lepers * Thomas d'Esterre Roberts, S.J., Archbishop of Bombay, for services to the forces during World War II * HH Madho Rao Scindia, Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir David Semple, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Rai Bahadur Kameleshwari Pershad Singh of Monghyr, Bengal * HH Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner * Maharaja Rameshwar Singh Bahadur of Darbhanga * Donald Mackenzie Smeaton CSI, Scottish Liberal MP and Indian civil servant *

, Gold Medal with Bar, first female advocate in India, first woman to practice law in India and Britain * Robert Barton Stewart, Esq., Indian Civil Service, 9 November 1901 * Dr William Stokes, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Rev Dr Frederick Vincent Thomas, Baptist Medical Mission, Palwal *

Edgar Thurston Edgar Thurston (1855– 12 October 1935) was the British Superintendent at the Madras Government Museum from 1885 to 1908 who contributed to research studies in the fields of zoology, ethnology and botany of India, and later also published ...

, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Gajadhar Upadhaya, Esq., Chief Regimental Religious Teacher, 1st (K.G.V.s Own) G.R. urkha Rifles*

Raja Ravi Verma Raja Ravi Varma () (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was an Indian painter and artist. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. Especially, he was notable f ...

, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Captain Edmund Wilkinson, FRCS, Indian Medical Service, 9 November 1901 * HH Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra, Maharaja of Venkatagiri. * Arthur Delaval Younghusband, civil servant, awarded for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer * Maganbhai Bavajibhai Patel "Bavaji Nivas" Ode * Sir Kashirao Holkar (Dada Saheb) KCSI KIH * Dr Jean Murray Orkney, Chief Medical Officer, Women's Medical Service * Jane Leeke Latham, missionary head in 1938. * Dr Mohammod Sharif for exceptional services in earthquake affected areas more noticeably in Quetta, Pakistan. Awarded the medal in 1930s * Dhanvanthi Rama Rau for her work with women's associations. * Mrs Gwendolen Keene, for public service at the Indian Civilian Hospital in Quetta and in the villages after the earthquake in 1935. Silver medal * Kheroth Bose, medical missionary, for bringing medical care to rural India. * Blanche Brenton Carey, Church of England Zenana Missionary in Karachi, for services to the women and girls of India, 1928. * Sita Devi Sahiba, Maharajkumarani of Kapurthala, New Year's Honours list 1944 * Diana Hartley, General and Organising Secretary of the Trained Nurses Association of India, 1944 *

Alice Headwards-Hunter Alice Mabel Headwards-Hunter, LAH, FRCSEd (29 May 1888 – 11 September 1973) was the first woman to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd). She was born in India, educated in England and qualified as a doctor by bec ...

, surgeon, 1945 * Dr Mina MacKenzie, medical doctor for over 30 years of public service in India, including helping control the cholera epidemic during the 1906 Kumbh Mela pilgrimage * Dr Alexandrina Matilda MacPhail, medical missionary * Clare Spurgin, for establishing a hospital for wives of Indian Army soldiers * Alexander Steel, for services to cotton growing * Helen Vorley, for her part in facilitating the evacuation of 300,000 Indians from Burma in 1942 * Sir

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, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Dr Lilian Arratoon, surgeon, March 1945 For public service in India Bronze medal * Clara Anne Williams (née Rendall), 1946, for her work during

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being in-charge of

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. Unknown grade * ''Dewan Bahadur Justice'' C.V. Viswanatha Sastri * Kaviraja Shyamaldas (1836-1893), one of the first modern Indian historian and author of Vir Vinod;

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* Dr. Jitendera Kumar Mukherjee, Head surgeon of Leperacy Asylum in Nanni, Allahabad *

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* General Sir Charles John Burnett * Liston Garthwaite (May, 1900) * Khamliana Sailo, a Mizo chief, for developing of terracing, poultry farming, fruits, tobacco and turmeric including agricultural businesses in Mizoram. * Isabel Kerr (1923), medical missionary, for working with lepers * Florence Mary Macnaghten * HH Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Maharaja of Baroda * HH Bhagvatsingh, Maharaja of Gondal * HH Tukojirao Holkar II, Maharaja of Indore * HH

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* Khan Bahadur Raja Jahandad Khan * Seth Jehangir Hormusji Kothari, merchant and philanthropist from

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) * HH Khengarji III, Maharao of Kutch *

Pandita Ramabai Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati ( Marathi: ; 23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was an Indian social reformer and Christian missionary. She was the first woman to be awarded the titles of '' Pandita'' as a Sanskrit scholar and '' Sarasvati'' after being ...

, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Edward Sell, missionary and Islamic scholar * Udai Pratap Nath Shah Deo, Maharaja of Chotanagpur * HH Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Idar * HH Partab Singh, Maharaja of Kashmir * HH Ram Singh, Maharaja of Bharatpur * HH Nihal Singh, Rana of Dholpur * Dr

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, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Sir Robert Stanes, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Parukutty Nethyar Amma (Lady Rama Varma of Cochin) received the medal in 1919 for public work. * Sister R. S. Subbalakshmi, educationist and social worker, Madras, for the educating and upliftment of child widows, in 1920 * HH Ayilyam Thirunal, Maharaja of Travancore * HH Visakham Thirunal, Maharaja of Travancore *

Sir Vicar-ul-Umra Sir Viqar ul-Umara, Iqtidar ul-Mulk, Iqbal ud-Dowla, Secundar Jung, Nawab Muhammad Fazl-ud-din Khan Bahadur (13 August 1856 – 15 February 1902), was the Prime Minister of Hyderabad, Prime Minister of Hyderabad State from 1893 to 1901, and als ...

, for distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj * Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visveswaraiah, KCIE, Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore *

Charlotte Viall Wiser Charlotte Viall Wiser ( Charlotte Melina Viall; 1892–1981) was an American anthropologist and Presbyterian missionary to Uttar Pradesh in North India. She authored several books, notably, ''Behind Mud Walls'' and ''The Foods of a Hindu Village ...

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* Mona Chandravati Gupta, Myanmar-born Indian social worker, educationist and the founder of Nari Sewa Samiti, a non governmental organization working for the social and economic upliftment of women * Silverine Swer, Khasi environmental and social activist * Khan Bahadur Abu Nasr Muhammad Yahia, Zamindar and Honorary Magistrate of Sylhet, for public services in British India

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Medal grades and design

Notable recipients

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