Dewan Bahadur
Dewan Bahadur / Diwan Bahadur was a title of honor awarded during British Raj.[1][2] 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.
Usually, people awarded the lesser rank of Rao Bahadur were subsequently elevated to the rank of Dewan Bahadur.[1][3]
The Prime Ministers of Indian Princely States were known as Dewan or Diwan; they were also given- or promoted directly to- the title of Dewan Bahadur by British authorities on being appointed as Dewan, as fitting their post.
The Dewan Bahadur and other similar titles issued during British Raj were abolished in 1947 upon independence of India.[2]
List of people with Dewan Bahadur title
- R. Raghunatha Rao, civil servant and politician who served as Diwan of Indore 1875-88.
- K. P. Puttanna Chetty, administrator and philanthropist, first president of the Bangalore municipality.
- A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, physician who served as chairman of the World Health Organization executive board in 1949 and 1950, and for 27 years vice-chancellor of Madras University.
- D. D. Thacker, coal miner (and developer of coal mining technology) and philanthropist from Jharia.[4]
- Ketoli Chengappa, nobleman who was Chief Commissioner of Kodagu (Coorg) from 1943 to 1949.
- Krishnalal Jhaveri, literary historian, translator, writer and judge.
- C. S. Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar, OBE, industrialist and politician.
- Rettamalai Srinivasan, revolutionary and Dalit politician, close friend of Mahatma Gandhi.
- R. Venkata Ratnam, social reformer and writer, disciple of Veeresalingam.[5]
- P. T. Kumarasamy Chetty, businessman and politician, President of the Madras Corporation 1930-1.
- Sir Samuel Runganadhan, educationist (vice-chancellor, Annamalai University and Madras University), last High Commissioner for India 1943-47[6]
- I. X. Pereira, businessman, member of Ceylon state council 1931-47 (minister for Labour, Commerce and Industry 1946)[7][8]
- K. Rangachari, ethnologist, co-author (with Edgar Thurston) of the seven-volume encyclopaedic work, 'Castes and Tribes of Southern India'.
See also
References
- 1 2 Role of Press and Indian Freedom Struggle: All Through the Gandhian Era By A. S. Iyengar. 2001. p. 280.
- 1 2 Introduction to the Constitution of India By Sharma, Sharma B.k. 2007. p. 83.
- ↑ as rewarded successively with the titles “Rai Sahab”, “Rai Bahadur” and finally, towards the end of the Second World War, “Dewan Bahadur”.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "The London Gazette". gazette.co.uk. The Gazette Official Public Record. 29 December 1942. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ↑ http://globalparavar.org/i-x-pereira-the-ceylon-minister
- ↑ http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100627/Plus/plus_14.html