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) and Rao Bahadur (in

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), R.B., was a

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bestowed during

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in India to individuals for outstanding service or acts of public welfare to the

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. From 1911, the title was accompanied by a medal called a Title Badge. Translated, ''Rai'' or ''Rao'' means "King", and '' Bahadur'' means "Brave". Bestowed mainly on

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, the equivalent title for

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and

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subjects was ''

Khan Bahadur Khan Bahadur – a compound of ''Khan'' "Leader" and ''Bahadur'' "Brave" – was an honorary title in British India conferred on Indian subjects who were adherents of Islam or Zoroastrianism. The equivalent title for Hindus, Buddhists and India ...

''. For

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s it was ''

Sardar Bahadur Sardar Bahadur was a title of honour awarded to native Indian civilians and Viceroy's commissioned officer, Viceroy's commissioned officers during British Raj, British rule in India. It was bestowed upon Sikhs, and was awarded for faithful service ...

''. The title was given to recognise and reward individuals who had made significant contributions in various fields such as public service, commerce, industry, and philanthropy. Those awarded the Rai Bahadur title were usually drawn from the lower rank of

Rai Sahib Rai Sahib / Rao Saheb / Roy Sahib / Rao Sahib (abbreviated R.S.) was a title of honour issued during the era of British Raj, British rule in India to individuals who performed faithful service or acts of public welfare to the nation. From 1911 ...

, both of which were below the rank of

Dewan Bahadur Dewan Bahadur or Diwan Bahadur was a title of honour 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 ...

. These titles were subordinate to the two orders of knighthood: the

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and the higher

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. A holder of a Rai Sahib, Rai Bahadur or Dewan Bahadur title came lower in the order of precedence.

Selected recipients awarded the Rai/Rao Bahadur title

Academics and education

* Pt. Sadashiva Jairam Dehadrai, Professor of Sanskrit, Jabalpur College.Who's Who 1911 Coronation Edition
Lucknow, Newul Kishore Press, 1911 (page 27) * Priya Nath Dutt, assistant registrar, Punjab University * S.N (Satya Nand) Mukarji, the sixth, and longest-serving () principal of St. Stephen's College, Delhi from 1926 to 1945. (St. Stephen's is a foundation constituent college of

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.) Wrangler in the

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from

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the 16 "old colleges" of the university, and was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. Its buildings span the R ...

. Member, Lindsay Commission on Higher Education

Activists and politicians

* Ghasiram Gathwal Malik, he was the head of Gathwala Khap (Khap of Gathwala clan) and a freedom-fighter. * S. A. Saminatha Iyer, Indian independence activist. * Manik Lal Joshi, chief minister of Bundi, Rajputana *

Motilal Nehru Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist, and politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress. He served as the Congress President twice, from 1919 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1929. He was a patriarch ...

, Indian independence activist, he later surrendered it during the non-co-operation movement of 1921. * H.H Dr. Rai Rajeshwar Bali Bahadur

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

, MLA Taluqdar Raja of Rampur Dariyabad, Honorary Magistrate, Barabanki, Minister of Education, Medical Relief & Public Health and Local Self-Government of the UP Assembly *

Mahadev Govind Ranade Rao Bahadur Mahadev Govind Ranade (18 January 1842–16 January 1901), popularly referred to as Nyayamurti Ranade (lit. Justice Ranade), was an Indian scholar, social reformer, judge and author. He was one of the founding members of the Indi ...

, Indian scholar, social reformer, judge and author. He was one of the founding members of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

. * Jaswantraj Mehta Indian politician, elected to the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

; elected to Jodhpur State Legislative Assembly in 1947 *

C. Jambulingam Mudaliar C. Jambulingam Mudaliar CIE was an Indian politician and freedom-fighter who served as a civil court judge and member of the Madras Legislative Council. He was one of the foremost leaders of the Indian National Congress in the 1890s. Born : 5th ...

(1857–1906), Indian politician and freedom-fighter *

Gopal Hari Deshmukh Rao Bahadur Gopal Hari Deshmukh () also known as Lokhitwadi (18 February 1823 – 9 October 1892) was an Indian activist, thinker, social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. Deshmukh is regarded as an important figure of the Social Ref ...

, Indian writer, activist, and thinker from

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, popularly known as ''Lokhitwadi'' * T. M. Jambulingam Mudaliar (1890–1970), philanthropist and freedom fighter who gave of land to establish

NLC India Limited NLC India Limited (NLC) (formerly Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited) is a central public sector undertaking under the administrative control of the Ministry of Coal, Government of India. It annually produces about 30 million tonnes of ...

Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu Rao Bahadur Sir Kurma Venkatareddi Naidu KCSI (1875–1942), also known as K. V. Reddi Naidu, was an Indian politician, lawyer, diplomat, and academic. He served as the Premier of Madras Presidency and was one of only two Indians to hold the p ...

, Chief Minister of Madras Presidency. * Seth Vishandas Nihalchand, Sindhi politician, social reformer, philanthropist *

Chhotu Ram Ram Richpal Ohlyan (born 24 November 1881 – 9 January 1945), better known as Sir Chhotu Ram, was a prominent Indian politician, agrarian reformer, and ideologue in Presidencies and provinces of British India, British India's Punjab Province ( ...

, Minister for Agriculture and Home Affairs, erstwhile Punjab, 1945. First Indian-origin Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly * Cruz Fernandez, businessman, and municipal chairman. He was the longest-serving chairman of

Tuticorin Thoothukudi (formerly called Tuticorin) is a port industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. The city is capital and headquarters of the district. ...

municipality and is considered the father and architect of modern Tuticorin (now called

Thoothukudi Thoothukudi (formerly called Tuticorin) is a port city, port industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. The city is capital and headquarters of the di ...

) * Shyam Nandan Sahay, Founder vice chancellor of

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, (abbreviated as BRABU) also known as B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, is a state university located in Muzaffarpur. Established in 1960, the university has 37 constituent colleges and offers a range of ...

, Member of the

1st Lok Sabha The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. The First Session of this Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. To ...

* Patelkhana Venkata Subbarao Raja, Zamindar of

Pedapalla Pedapalla is a village in Alamuru Mandal in the East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India ...

and freedom fighter. In a remarkable gesture of patriotism, he contributed substantial amounts of money to the freedom movement. He also donated several acres of land to establish a school at the heart of the region, ensuring its sustainability through continued maintenance efforts. * The Zamindar of Sukhair was Rai Bahadur Mathur Chandra Roy Chowdhury.

Civil servants and government officials

* Pushkar Thakur, District Magistrate and Collector of Champaran. Title awarded in 1945 in recognition of his outstanding service as Special Officer for War Risks Insurance for Bihar and Orissa, covering an area larger than that of the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands combined. The Viceroy Lord Wavell personally wrote a letter congratulating Pushkar Thakur on the contribution of Bihar and Orissa in the National War Effort, which had been the highest in the country. * Jagan Nath Bhandari

Raj Ratan Raj Ratna (also Raj Ratan or Rajya Ratna; literally ''Gem of the :wikt:raj, Raj'') was a title of high honour, a civilian award, which was prevalent in the princely states of India during the British Raj. History ''Raj Ratna'' awards were given ...

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 ...

Idar State Idar State, also known as Edar, was a princely state located in present-day Gujarat state of India. During the British era, it was a part of the Mahi Kantha Agency, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. History Rao Dynasty ...

* Lada Damodar Das, extrajudicial assistant commissioner in the Punjab * Dewan E.K. Govindan, writer, civil servant and ruled the first malayali man Pudukotta administratively, then served as Dewan of Pudukotta * Dewan Jaggatnath, secretary to the municipal committee and district board, Dera Ismail KhanThe Indian biographical dictionary
by C. Hayavando Rao, 1915 (page 27) * Sahu Parsotam Saran Kothiwala, member of the district board, Moradabad * Lala Jai Lal, member of the Municipal Committee, Simla * A. Savarinatha Pillai, Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Madras Presidency; winner of King's Coronation Award for Distinguished Public Service, London * Akshey Kumar Sarkar, superintendent, Department of Commerce and Industry, Government of India * Betharam Sarma, sub-deputy collector, Tezpur, Assam

Commerce and industry

Jamnalal Bajaj Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj (4 November 1889 – 11 February 1942) was an Indian businessman and politician. He founded the Bajaj Group of companies in the 1920s, and the group now has 24 companies, including six that are listed on the bourses. H ...

, industrialist; Bajaj later returned the title * Dewan Bahadur P. Somasundaram Chettiar, Coimbatore - industrialist and pioneer in textiles. * Jagmal Raja Chauhan (1887–1974), better known as "Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja", industrialist and railway contractor, private banker, aviation pioneer and philanthropist *

Jairam Valji Chauhan Jairam Valjee Chouhan, Rai Bahadur, MBE (1892–1956), better known as Rai Bahadur Jairam Valjee, was a Kutchi railway contractor, mill-owner, miner & philanthropist, who established himself at Jairamnagar and Raigarh, India. Birth Jairam wa ...

(or "Chouhan"; 1892–1956), better known as "Rai Bahadur Jairam Valjee", was a Kutchi railway contractor, mill-owner, miner and philanthropist, at Jairamnagar and

Raigarh Raigarh is a city in northern Chhattisgarh known as the 'Cultural capital of Chhattisgarh'; Raigarh is famous for its dance form “SUWA” (as Raigarh Gharana) and classical music; Raigarh is also known as Sanskritidhani. It is also known for ...

*Devraj Daya of

Jharsuguda Jharsuguda (ଝାରସୁଗୁଡ଼ା) is a city and district headquarters of Jharsuguda district of Odisha, India. It is an industrial hub, consisting mainly of metallurgical industries. It is well connected to major cities of India t ...

— a Kutchi railway contractor, philanthropist. * Seth Sarupchand Hukamchand (1874–1959) of Indore, Holkar State, merchant–industrialist and a prominent leader of the Jain community * Gujar Mal Modi, founder of the Modi Group *

Mohan Singh Oberoi Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi (15 August 1898 – 3 May 2002)Mohan Singh Oberoi ...

, founder of Oberoi Group * Jamuna Das Choudhury of Sahebganj, Muzaffarpur, industrialist * Hariram Goenka (1862–1935), businessman and cofounder with his brothers, including Badridas Goenka, of Goenka group of Kolkata *

Badridas Goenka Rai Bahadur Sir Badridas Goenka CIE (29 July 1883 – 26 February 1973) was an Indian industrialist and business tycoon who served as the Chairman of the Imperial Bank of India from 1933 to 1955 and the first Chairman of the State Bank of I ...

(1883–1973), industrialist and business tycoon; cofounder of the original Goenka Group from Kolkata, of which the

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is a successor; first chairman of the

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Engineering, science and medicine

* Kailash Chandra Bose , first knighted Indian physician. *

Upendranath Brahmachari Rai Bahadur Sir Upendranath Brahmachari ; 19 December 1873 – 6 February 1946) was a prominent Indian physician and scientist. In 1922, he synthesised urea-stibamine (carbostibamide) and demonstrated its effectiveness in treating kala-azar ( ...

(1873–1946), Bengal-born physician and scientist. Synthesised urea stibamine, determining its effectiveness as a treatment for the disease

Kala Azar Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar (Hindi: kālā āzār, "black sickness") or "black fever", is the most severe form of leishmaniasis and, without proper diagnosis and treatment, is associated with high fatality. Leishmaniasi ...

* Balkishen Kaul, surgeon, lecturer, and superintendent of Lahore Medical college * Puttana Venkatramana Raju (1894–1975), civil engineer, industrial advisor to government of India, educationist * Ram Dhan Singh, pioneer agricultural scientist, principal, College of Agriculture, Lyallpur, erstwhile Punjab, 1947

Law and justice

* Babu Ram Sadan Bhattacharji, deputy magistrate, Bengal * Chaudhary Dewan Chand Saini , (born 1887) of

Gurdaspur Gurdaspur is a city in the Majha region of the Indian state of Punjab, between the rivers Beas and Ravi. It houses the administrative headquarters of Gurdaspur District and is in the geographical centre of the district, which shares a bord ...

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, distinguished lawyer of Punjab High Court, leader of the criminal bar; elected member of Legislative Council of colonial Punjab * Rajendranath Dutt, judge, BengalThe Indian biographical dictionary
by C. Hayavando Rao, 1915 (page 26) * Soti Raghubans Lal, subordinate judge, Shahjehanpur * Sadh Achraj Lal, honorary magistrate and member of the municipal board, Mirzapur * Jwala Prasad, government pleader * Raghunath Sharan, District Judge in Bihar * Babu Bahadur Singh, honorary magistrate, Pilibhit * Babu Shuhrat Singh, Zemindar of Chandpur and honorary magistrate, Basti * N S Nanjundiah (1879–1953), of

Nanjangud Nanjangud, officially known as Nanjanagudu, is a town in the Mysuru district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Nanjangud lies on the banks of the river Kapila (also called Kabini), 23 km from the city of Mysore. Nanjangud is famous for the ...

distinguished advocate of Chief Court of Mysore and a sheristadar.

Literature and arts

Appu Nedungadi Appu Nedungadi (11 October 1863 – 6 November 1933) was an Indian writer and banker best known as the author of '' Kundalatha'', which was published in 1887, making it the first novel published in the Malayalam language. He was associated with ...

, author of

Kundalatha ''Kundalatha'' (or Kundalata, ) is a novel by Appu Nedungadi, published in 1887. It is considered to be the first Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the unio ...

, the first novel published in Malayalam *

M.V. Dhurandhar Rao Bahadur Mahadev Vishwanath Dhurandhar (18 March 1867 – 1 June 1944) was an Indian painter and postcard artist from the British Raj, British colonial era. Among his most popular paintings are his illustrations of common colonial-era women ...

, noted painter and postcard artist who was an alumnus of the Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai, where he was also later a professor

Philanthropy, religion and charity

T. Rattinasami Nadar Rao Bahadur T. Rattinasami Nadar was the founder of Nadar Mahajana Sangam. He founded the organisation with a number of leaders from Nadar community under the presidency of his uncle in 1910. The Sangam was founded to extend demands for membership ...

, founder of Nadar Mahajana Sangam efforts of T. Ratnasamy Nadar, in 1910. There are several schools and colleges under the control of

Nadar Mahajana Sangam Nadar Mahajana Sangam was first established, due to the efforts of Rao Bahadur T. Rattinasami Nadar, T. Ratnasamy Nadar, in 1910. There are several schools and colleges under the control of Nadar Mahajana Sangam. Rattinasami Nadar's uncle, V. Po ...

Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Ranchhodlal Chhotalal, Rai Bahadur
"Memoir of Rao Bahadur Ranchhodlal Chhotalal, C ...

, textile mill pioneer and philanthropist * Dharmarathnakara Arcot Narrainsawmy Mudaliar, philanthropist * Amba Prasad, philanthropist of Delhi * Salig Rām (1829–1898), Postmaster-General for North-Western Provinces; disciple of

Shiv Dayal Singh Shiv Dayal Singh (25 August 1818 – 15 June 1878), known by the honorific "Param Purush Puran Dhani Huzur Soami Ji Maharaj" by his disciples and devotees, was an Indian spiritual guru and founder of Radha Soami, a 19th-century spiritual sect ...

, later succeeding him as guru. Often known by the honorific "Huzur Maharaj" *

Ranadaprasad Saha Rai Bahadur Ranada Prasad Saha (, ; 15 November 1896 – May 1971), also known as R. P. Saha, was a Bengali businessman, entrepreneur, soldier, philanthropist, social worker, and humanitarian. He founded educational institutes like Bharateswari ...

, philanthropist * Yele Mallappa Shetty (1815–1887), philanthropist who constructed Bangalore's first obstetrics hospital, funded Vani Vilas Hospital construction, and restored Kaadu Malleshwara Temple, Bangalore. The name of the

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commemorates his contribution to the construction of drought-relieving water storage in the Bangalore region * Sardar Bahadur

Jagat Singh (Sant) Jagat Singh (1884–1951) was an Indian spiritual leader and the head of Radha Soami Satsang Beas. He served as the guru for Beas Dera for three years, until his death in 1951 at the age of 67. He worked as a college chemistry professor at an A ...

(1884–1951),

Lyallpur Faisalabad, formerly known as Lyallpur, is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, second-largest city and primary List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, industrial center of the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan ...

, pre-partition

Surat Shabd Yoga practitioner and guru *

Gubbi Thotadappa Rao Bahadur "Dharmapravartha" Gubbi Thotadappa (Kannada: ರಾವ್ ಬಹದ್ದೂರ್ ಧರ್ಮಪ್ರವರ್ತ ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ತೋಟದಪ್ಪ), (1838-1910 Gubbi), was an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He fou ...

, businessman, philanthropist, founded Dharmachathra (free lodging places for travellers) and free hostels for students throughout

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Police and emergency services

* Tirath Singh Bakshi, Deputy Inspector General of Police,

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* Purna Chandra Lahiri, Indian Police officer,

Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...

P. K. Monnappa Rao Bahadur Pemmanda K. Monnappa (P.K. Monappa, IPS) was Karnataka's first police chief. He served in three Southern states, Madras (before its disintegration), Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), and Mysore (Karnataka), at different times. However, he ...

, South Indian Police Chief of three states, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. * Jacob Devasahayam, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Madras * Satyen Nath (S.N.) Mukherjee, First Indian-origin Deputy Commissioner of Indian Police, Calcutta

Other

* Babu Nalini Kanta Ray, Dastidar of Assam

References

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