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 hims ...

. 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 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. 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 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 of

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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 wa ...

* 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 Dewan Bahadur Chevalier Ignatius Xavier Pereira (26 April 1888 – 21 July 1951) was a colonial-era Ceylonese businessman and politician. Ignatius Xavier Pereira was born on 21 July 1888 in Tuticorin, India, the eldest son of Francis Xavier P ...

* K. P. Puttanna Chetty * D. D. Thacker, of

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* Ketoli Chengappa, Chief Commissioner of Kodagu (Coorg) * C. S. Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar, CBE – Indian industrialist and politician. * R. Venkata Ratnam of

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The 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

* P. T. Kumarasamy Chetty of

* T. Namberumal Chetty of

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 ...

S. Venkataramadas Nayudu Diwan Bahadur Siram Venkataramadas Nayudu was an Indian administrator who served as Diwan of the Pudukkottai state from 1899 to 1909. He was the Chief Secretary and Magistrate of Madras Presidency As Diwan Siram Venkataramadas Nayudu was appo ...

– Diwan of the

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from 1899 to 1909 * V. Thirumalai Pillai of

* P. Khalifullah Sahib Rowther – Dewan of

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, Siv ...

from 1941 to 1947 * Lodd Govindoss Chathurbhujadoss

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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

List of people with Dewan Bahadur title

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