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Honorary titles of Indian leaders. The following is the list of honorary titles given to various Indian leaders during Indian independence struggle. "The Respected Father" (Marathi). " Baba " = "father" and " Saheb " = "sir". "Captain of the Voiceless" (Marathi) (Hindi).
Those Indian rulers who received other British orders of knighthood were only considered honorary members of those orders. [ citation needed ] The following is a partial list of honorary British knighthoods as given to Indian rulers and members of the ruling families up to 1947 (the Orders of the Star of India and the Indian Empire are ...
The name "Kaisar-i-Hind" (Urdu: قیصرِ ہند qaisar-e-hind, Hindi: क़ैसर-इ-हिन्द) literally means "Emperor of India" in the Hindustani language. The word kaisar , meaning "emperor" is a derivative of the Roman imperial title Caesar , via Persian (see Qaysar-i Rum ) from Greek Καίσαρ Kaísar , and is cognate with ...
As the head of state, the Sovereign is the fount of honour, [1] but the system for identifying and recognising candidates to honour has changed considerably over time. . Various orders of knighthood have been created (see below) as well as awards for military service, bravery, merit, and achievement which take the form of decorations or
Jana Gana Mana (Bengali: জন গণ মন lit.'[Ruler of] the minds of the people') is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as " Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata " in Bengali by polymath Rabindranath Tagore [ 1 ][ 2 ] on 11 December 1911. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] The first stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata was ...
The Queen, being desirous of affording to the Princes, Chiefs and People of the Indian Empire, a public and signal testimony of Her regard, by the Institution of an Order of knighthood, whereby Her resolution to take upon Herself the Government of the Territories in India may be commemorated, and by which Her Majesty may be enabled to reward ...
Ranking below a knighthood, these titles were dropped by any holder who became a knight of a British Order, for example the Order of the Star of India or the Order of the Indian Empire. [ 1 ] Members of the first class of the Order of British India could also use the title of Sardar Bahadur , with members of the second class using Bahadur . [ 6 ]
v. t. e. A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The concept of Knighthood may have been inspired by the ancient Greek hippeis (ἱππεῖς) and Roman equites. [ 3 ]