Rai Sahib / Rao Saheb / Roy Sahib / Rao Sahib abbreviated R.S., was a

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issued during the era of

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in India to individuals who performed faithful service or acts of public welfare to the nation. From 1911 the title was accompanied by a special Title Badge. Translated, ''Rai'' means "King" ''sahib'' means "leader". Rao Sahib

This was the start level title usually awarded to civilians, which could later be upgraded to

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and then to

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titles. The title styled ''Rai Sahib'' were awarded to

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people of

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, Rao Saheb in

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and styled ''Rao Sahib'' to Hindu people of South India, however, they were both of same category and spelling was altered to meet with regional differences of pronunciation. The Rai Sahib/Rao Sahib/Roy Sahib and other similar titles issued during British Raj were disestablished in 1947 upon independence of India.

Some people awarded the title

* Rao Bahadur Satyendra Nath Mukherjee, Awarded Rai Saheb on 4 June 1934. He was the first Indian Origin Deputy Commissioner of Police, Calcutta. *Rao Sahib

Ayyathan Gopalan Rao Sahib Ayyathan Gopalan (3 March 1861 – 2 May 1948), popularly known as Darsarji and Darsar Sahib ("Darsar" means "doctor", derived from Latin word "docere" for doctor), was an Indian doctor, surgeon, professor, writer, philanthropist, s ...

(Kerala, India) a.k.a. "Darsarji" – Doctor, chief surgeon, hospital superintendent and in charges, medical school professor and also served as the magistrate of Malabar region of Kerala (during British rule in India), social reformer of Kerala. -awarded Raisahib on 17 November 1917 by British Government. *Pandit Wazir Chand Trikha, Jhang, Pakistan (India) – Chief Accounts officer northern railways. * Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya – Commissioner of Berhampore 1932–1948, Murshidabad District, West Bengal *

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, Bombay – newspaper editor and businessman *

Mulji Jagmal Sawaria Mulji Jagmal Sawaria, Rai Saheb (1889–1956) was a noted railway contractor, miner and Kutchi people, Kutchi businessman, who established himself at Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, India. Early life Moolji was born in 1889 to Jagmal Gangji Saw ...

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– miner *

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– Politician, Industrialist * Abraham Pandithar – Tamil musicologist, composer and a traditional medicine practitioner (2 August 1859 – 31 August 1919) * Dinanath Atmaram Dalvi (1844–1897) SubJudge, later Subordinate Judge Bombay Presidency, Senior Dakshina Fellow Elphinstone College Bombay, Fellow Bombay University and Author of the book "An Examination of Sir Isaac Newton's Rule for finding the Number of Imaginary Square Roots in an Equation". *

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– Indian ophthalmologist, legislator and

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recipient *Mahabir Prasad Misra – Educator, Madhubani District, Dharbanga. *

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– Telugu linguist * Ganpatrao Narayanrao Madiman – Noted businessman and banker from Hubli, Karnataka. *Kashinath Krishna Kalkar – Dy Collector of

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* Koovarji Karsan Rathor – industrialist from

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* Kuppusamy Kodandapani Pillai – Deputy Collector, Protector of Emigrants, Special Officer for South African Repatriates and Controller of Emigration from

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* Harilal Shamji – philanthropist and industrialist from

Raigarh Raigarh is a city in Eastern Chhattisgarh. History The tradition preserved by the ruling family of the erstwhile state of Raigarh maintains that the Raj Gond family migrated to this region from Bairagarh/Wariagarh of Chanda district of Mahara ...

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