Dewan Bahadur
Dewan Bahadur / Diwan Bahadur was a title of honor awarded during British Raj. It was awarded to individuals who had performed great service to the nation. It is the equivalent of an OBE. The title was accompanied by a medal called a Title Badge. Dewan literally means Prime Minister in Indian context and Bahadur means brave.
This title was next in ladder to Rao Bahadur title and usually people with Rao Bahadur were elevated to status of Dewan Bahadur.[1][2]
Diwan Bahadur
- Diwan Bahadur Sir Krishnarajapur Palligonde Puttanna Chetty
- D. D. Thacker, Diwan Bahadur, of Jharia[3]
- Diwan Bahadur Ketoli Chengappa, Chief Commissioner of Kodagu (Coorg)
- Diwan Bahadur C. S. Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar, CBE was an Indian industrialist and politician.
- Dewan Bahadur Sir R. Venkata Ratnam of Madras[4]
- Dewan Bahadur Wali Ram Taneja, Dhanbad[5]
- Dewan Bahadur Radha Krishna Jalan of Patna[1]
References
- ^ a b as rewarded successively with the titles “Rai Sahab”, “Rai Bahadur” and finally, towards the end of the Second World War, “Dewan Bahadur”.</ref name=a>Role of Press and Indian Freedom Struggle: All Through the Gandhian Era By A. S. Iyengar. 2001. p. 280.
- ^ Introduction to the Constitution of India By Sharma, Sharma B.k. 2007. p. 83.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Forty Years of Indian Police by Trilok Nath, 1981, Page 86