Dewan Bahadur or Diwan Bahadur was a

title of honour A title of honor or honorary title is a title bestowed upon individuals or organizations as an award in recognition of their merits. Sometimes the title bears the same or nearly the same name as a title of authority, but the person bestowed d ...

awarded during

British rule in India The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

. 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.

Dewan ''Dewan'' (also known as ''diwan'', sometimes spelled ''devan'' or ''divan'') designated a powerful government official, minister, or ruler. A ''dewan'' was the head of a state institution of the same name (see Divan). Diwans belonged to the e ...

literally means Prime Minister in Indian context and ''Bahadur'' means brave. This title was above

Rao Bahadur __NOTOC__ Rao may refer to: Geography * Rao, West Sumatra, one of the districts of West Sumatra, Indonesia * Råö, a locality in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden Transport * Dr. Leite Lopes–Ribeirão Preto State Airport , ...

title and people with Rao Bahadur could be elevated to status of Diwan Bahadur. Further, the Prime Ministers of

Indian Princely States A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a ...

were known as Dewan/ Diwan. They were also given or promoted directly to the title of Dewan Bahadur by British authorities on being appointed Dewan, to suit their post. The Dewan Bahadur and other similar titles issued during British Raj were disestablished in 1947 upon independence of India.

List of people with Dewan Bahadur title

R. Raghunatha Rao Diwan Bahadur Rai Raghunatha Rao (7 February 1831 – 3 May 1912) was an Indian civil servant, administrator, politician and Indian independence activist who served as the Diwan of Indore from 1875 to 1880 and 1886 to 1888. He was related ...

– Diwan of

Indore State Indore State, also known as Holkar State, was a kingdom in India. Its rulers belonged to the Holkar dynasty. After 1857, Indore became a 19-gun salute Maratha princely state (a rare high rank) under the British Raj. Indore state w ...

from 1875 to 1880 and 1886 to 1888. *

R. Ramachandra Rao Diwan Bahadur Raghunatha Rao Ramachandra Rao (c. 1871 – July 1936) was an Indian civil servant, mathematician and social and political activist who served as District Collector in British India. Early life and education Ramachandra Rao w ...

* N. Pattabhirama Rao * K. Rangachari *

V. Nagam Aiya Diwan Bahadur Sir Veeraraghavapuram Nagam Aiya ( 1850 December – 1917) was an Indian pioneer, historian, civil servant, and chronicler who served as the Dewan in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore. Dewan Bahadur/Diwan Bahadur was a tit ...

of Travancore * I. X. Pereira * K. P. Puttanna Chetty * D. D. Thacker, of

Jharia Jharia is a neighbourhood in Dhanbad city in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand state, India. Jharia's economy is heavily dependent on the local coal fields, used to make coke. However, fires in the coal fields have made ...

Ketoli Chengappa Dewan Bahadur Ketolira Chengappa, C.I.E., was born on 3 March 1878 to Ketolira Muddaiah (worked as a village official) & Bolliavva from Yavakapadi Village, Kabinakad, Napoklu. He completed his matriculation in the year 1893. Thereafter, he went ...

, Chief Commissioner of

Kodagu Kodagu (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State, at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State. It occupies ...

(Coorg) * C. S. Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

– Indian industrialist and politician. * R. Venkata Ratnam of MadrasThe Message and Ministrations of Dewan Bahadur Sir R. Venkata Ratnam, Volume 3 by Sir R Venkata Ratnam, V. Ramakrishna Rao - 1924. * E.K Krishnan of Madras * P. T. Kumarasamy Chetty of Madras * T. Namberumal Chetty of Madras *

Rettamalai Srinivasan Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan (7 July 1860 - 18 September 1945), commonly known as R. Srinivasan, was a Scheduled Caste activist and politician from then Madras Presidency of British India (now the Indian state of Tamil Nadu). He is a Para ...

of Madras * S. Venkataramadas Nayudu – Diwan of the

Pudukkottai state Pudukkottai was a kingdom and later a princely state in British India, which existed from 1680 until 1948. The Kingdom of Pudukkottai was founded in about 1680 as a feudatory of Ramnad and grew with subsequent additions from Tanjore, Sivagan ...

from 1899 to 1909 *

V. Thirumalai Pillai Dewan Bahadur V. Thirumalai Pillai was an Indian politician and from vanniyar community who served as the President of the Madras Corporation The Greater Chennai Corporation, formerly known as the Corporation of Madras (1688-1996) and Cor ...

of Madras * P. Khalifullah Sahib Rowther –

Pudukkottai State Pudukkottai was a kingdom and later a princely state in British India, which existed from 1680 until 1948. The Kingdom of Pudukkottai was founded in about 1680 as a feudatory of Ramnad and grew with subsequent additions from Tanjore, Sivagan ...

from 1941 to 1947 *

Lodd Govindoss Chathurbhujadoss Diwan Bahadur "Lodd" Govindoss Chathurbhujadoss was a Gujarati businessman from Madras. He was the owner of C. Kushaldoss and Sons and served as Sheriff of Madras. Personal life Chathurbhujadoss was the son of Chathurbhujadoss Kushaldoss, the ...

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{{Reflist Titles in India Orders, decorations, and medals of British India Men's social titles Orders, decorations, and medals of India Awards disestablished in 1947 Dewan Bahadurs

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