page_title: Rai Pannalal Mehta
section_title: Awards and honours
hierarchical_section_title: Rai Pannalal Mehta / Awards and honours
caption_attribution_description: English: 1887 Pannalal awarded CIE (Companion of Indian Empire)
context_page_description: Mewar Vibhuti, Pradhan Rai Pannalal Mehta served four Maharanas, as Prime Minister of Mewar state in former state of Rajputana in India.
  Rai Pannalal Mehta carried out the duties of Munshi Mahakma Khas from 1869 to 1878 AD. De facto he was carrying out the duties of Pradhan, as most of the time the post of Pradhan was either not filled or their powers were diluted. In 1878, he was formally appointed as Pradhan. In 1894, on the advice of Agent to the Governor General, Col GH Trevor, Pannalal proceeded on long leave and whilst on a pilgrimage, he resigned.
  During his tenure as Pradhan, Rai Pannalal Mehta was instrumental in conceiving and promoting various reforms and public interest projects:
  The Separation of judiciary from executive and the publication of the first regular Gazette cum Journal.
  Land and fiscal reforms and introduction of financial budget.
  In 1885, Lord Dufferin, then Viceroy of India, laid foundation for New Walter Zanana Hospital
  In 1889, Prince Albert Victor, inaugurated the marble statue of his grandmother Empress Victoria in Gulab Bagh.
  In 1889, Lord Lansdowne, then Viceroy of India, inaugurated public library in Gulab Bagh, Udaipur.
context_section_description: The British Government held an Imperial Durbar at Delhi on 1 January 1877, to proclaim the assumption of the title of ‘Empress of India’. Pannalal Mehta and Kothari Chaganlal (also his father-in-law) received the titles of ‘Rai’. The title of His Excellency, the courtesy title as Prime Minister of the state of Mewar, was extended only to Rai Pannalal Mehta. Rao Bhakhta Singh of Bedla was awarded the title of ‘Rao Bahadur’.
  In 1887, the fifty-year golden jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria was celebrated throughout the British Empire. Maharana Fateh Singh was awarded the title of GCSI (Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India) and his Prime Minister Rai Pannalal Mehta was awarded the title of CIE (Companion of the most Eminent order of the Indian empire).
caption: Rai Pannalal Mehta awarded the title of  CIE (Companion of Indian Empire) in 1887.
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