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Peter William Monie
Peter William Monie CSI (30 March 1877 – 11 December 1946) was a British administrator in India who later became a clergyman and was first honorary general secretary of Toc H, from 1925 to 1935. Monie was born in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland. He was educated at Irvine Royal Academy, the University of Glasgow, and Balliol College, Oxford. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1900 and was posted to Bombay Presidency as an Assistant Collector and Assistant Judge. In 1905, he was appointed Under-Secretary to the Government of Bombay and to the Home Department of the Government of India in 1907. From 1913, he served as Acting Collector of Nawabshah District, Sind, and in 1915 he was appointed Secretary to the Government of Bombay. He became Municipal Commissioner for the City of Bombay in 1916, Deputy Director of Development for Bombay in 1920, and retired in 1925. Having been ordained into the Scottish Episcopal Church, he served as an assistant curate at St Mary's C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Star Of India
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: # Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) # Knight Commander ( KCSI) # Companion ( CSI) No appointments have been made since the 1948 New Year Honours, shortly after the Partition of India in 1947. With the death in 2009 of the last surviving knight, the Maharaja of Alwar, the order became dormant. The motto of the order was "Heaven's Light Our Guide". The Star of India emblem, the insignia of order and the informal emblem of British India, was also used as the basis of a series of flags to represent the Indian Empire. The order was the fifth most senior British order of chivalry, following the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of St Patrick and Order of the Bath. It is the senior order of chivalry associated with the British Raj; junior to it is the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, and there is also, for women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the '' de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
