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'''Dewan Bahadur''' / '''Diwan Bahadur''' was a [[title of honour]] awarded during [[British Raj|British rule in India]].<ref name=a/><ref name=b/> 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 (India)|Title Badge]].<ref name=Dorling>{{Cite book |author=H. Taprell Dorling.|title= Ribbons and Medals|page=111|publisher= A.H.Baldwin & Sons, London|year=1956}}</ref> [[Dewan]] literally means Prime Minister in Indian context and ''Bahadur'' means brave. |
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This title was above [[Rao Bahadur]] title and people with Rao Bahadur could be elevated to status of [[Diwan Bahadur]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Role of Press and Indian Freedom Struggle: All Through the Gandhian Era By A. S. Iyengar|year=2001|page=280|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pAJDpBQhBlcC&pg=PA280&dq=Dewan+Bahadur+TITLE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jM95UvPGCYn9rAf17YGYBw&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Dewan%20Bahadur%20&f=false}}</ref><ref name=j>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quilahouse.com/dewan-bahadur.htm |title=as rewarded successively with the titles “Rai Sahab”, “Rai Bahadur” and finally, towards the end of the Second World War, “Dewan Bahadur”. |access-date=2013-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219014618/http://www.quilahouse.com/dewan-bahadur.htm |archive-date=2015-02-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
This title was above [[Rao Bahadur]] title and people with Rao Bahadur could be elevated to status of [[Diwan Bahadur]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Role of Press and Indian Freedom Struggle: All Through the Gandhian Era By A. S. Iyengar|year=2001|page=280|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pAJDpBQhBlcC&pg=PA280&dq=Dewan+Bahadur+TITLE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jM95UvPGCYn9rAf17YGYBw&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Dewan%20Bahadur%20&f=false}}</ref><ref name=j>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quilahouse.com/dewan-bahadur.htm |title=as rewarded successively with the titles “Rai Sahab”, “Rai Bahadur” and finally, towards the end of the Second World War, “Dewan Bahadur”. |access-date=2013-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219014618/http://www.quilahouse.com/dewan-bahadur.htm |archive-date=2015-02-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Dewan Bahadur / Diwan Bahadur was a title of honour awarded during British rule in India.[1][2] 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.[3] Dewan literally means Prime Minister in Indian context and Bahadur means brave.
This title was above Rao Bahadur title and people with Rao Bahadur could be elevated to status of Diwan Bahadur.[1][4]
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 as Dewan, to suit their post.
The Dewan Bahadur and other similar titles issued during British Raj were disestablished in 1947 upon independence of India.[2]
List of people with Dewan Bahadur title
- R. Raghunatha Rao - Diwan of Indore State from 1875 to 1880 and 1886 to 1888.
- R. Ramachandra Rao
- N. Pattabhirama Rao
- K. Rangachari
- V. Nagam Aiya of Travancore
- I. X. Pereira
- K. P. Puttanna Chetty
- Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu
- D. D. Thacker, of Jharia[5]
- Ketoli Chengappa, Chief Commissioner of Kodagu (Coorg)
- C. S. Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar, CBE was an Indian industrialist and politician.
- R. Venkata Ratnam of Madras[6]
- P. T. Kumarasamy Chetty of Madras
- T. Namberumal Chetty of Madras
- Rettamalai Srinivasan of Madras
- S. Venkataramadas Nayudu - Diwan of the Pudukkottai state from 1899 to 1909
See also
References
- ^ a b Role of Press and Indian Freedom Struggle: All Through the Gandhian Era By A. S. Iyengar. 2001. p. 280.
- ^ a b Introduction to the Constitution of India By Sharma, Sharma B.k. 2007. p. 83.
- ^ H. Taprell Dorling. (1956). Ribbons and Medals. A.H.Baldwin & Sons, London. p. 111.
- ^ "as rewarded successively with the titles "Rai Sahab", "Rai Bahadur" and finally, towards the end of the Second World War, "Dewan Bahadur"". Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
- ^ Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress, Volume 37
- ^ The Message and Ministrations of Dewan Bahadur Sir R. Venkata Ratnam, Volume 3 by Sir R Venkata Ratnam, V. Ramakrishna Rao - 1924.