List of knights grand commander of the Order of the Star of India

This is a list of knights grand commander (knights, 1861-1866) of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India from 1861 until 1947, when the order ceased to be awarded. The viceroy of India served as ex-officio Grand Master of the Order, and was automatically appointed as a knight grand commander upon taking office.
==1860s==
*1861-1866: See list of knights companion of the Order of the Star of India
===1867===
*His Highness Maharajadhiraja Shri Sir Jawansinhji Gambhirsinhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar
===1869===
*His Highness Bhagwant Singh, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur
==1870s==
===1870===
*His Highness Mahendra Singh, Maharaja of Patiala 
*The Nawab Salar Jung Bahadoor, Minister of the Hyderabad State
===1871===
*His Highness Dheraj Sumbho Sing, Maharana of Oodeypore
*His Highness Pragmuljee, Rao of Cutch
===1872===
*Her Highness the Nawab Shah Jehan, Begum of Bhopal
===1873===
*His Excellency Maharajah Jung Bahadoor Kunwar Ranajee
*General Sir John Low
*Lieutenant-General Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain
===1877===
*Field-Marshal His Royal Highness George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge
==1880s==
===1881===
*His Highness Sujjun Singh, Maharana of Udaipur
===1882===
*His Highness Visakham Thirunal, Maharajah of Travancore
*His Highness Nawab Ikbal-ud-dowlah of Oudh (Baghdad)
===1884===
*His Highness Chama Rajendra Wadeir, Maharajah of Mysore
===1888===
*His Highness Moolam Thirunal, Maharajah of Travancore.
==1890s==
===1892===
*Colonel His Highness Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.
===1893===
*General Frederick Sleigh, Baron Roberts of Kandahar
===1895===
*His Highness Madho Rao, Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior 
*The Right Honourable George Robert Canning, Baron Harris
*His Highness Rajarshi Shahu, Maharaj of Kolhapur
*The Right Honourable Henry Hartley Fowler
===1896===
*(Extra) The Right Honourable Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock
===1897===
*His Highness Vyankatesh Raman Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Rewa.
*Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
*Maharaja Sir Bir Bhamsber Jang Rana Bahadur
*Sir Antony Patrick MacDonnell
*His Highness Lieutenant Colonel Sir Partab Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar
*Lieutenant-General Richard Strachey
===1898===
*His Highness Rajinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala.
==1900s==
===1900===
*His Highness Maharao Umed Singh Bahadur, of Kotah.
===1903===
*The Right Honourable George Francis Hamilton
*His Highness Sir Shri Rama Varma, Rajarshi of Cochin
*Colonel His Highness Priyadarsi Devanampriya Maharaj-Adhiraj Maharaja Rudra Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Singrauli
===1905===
*His Excellency Maharaja Chandra Shamsher Jang, Rana Bahadur, Prime Minister of Nepal.
===1906===
*His Highness Pratap Singh Bahadur, Maharaja Ju Deo of OrchhaThe London Gazzette 
===1907===
*His Highness Sri Krishnaraja Wadiar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore.
===1909===
*His Highness Sir Rasul Khanji Mahabbat Khanji, Nawab of Junagarh.
*His Excellency General The Right Honourable Horatio Herbert, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum
==1910s==
===1910===
*Her Highness Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam, Begum of Bhopal
*His Highness Sir Sardar Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jodhpur
===1911===
*Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley
*Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick
*Sir William Lee-Warner
*General Sir Dighton MacNaghten Probyn
*His Excellency Sir George Sydenham Clarke
*The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Lawley
*Sir John Prescott Hewett
*Colonel His Highness Sri Sir Gunga Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Bikaner
*His Highness Major Sir Umed Singh Bahadur, Maharao of Kotah
*His Excellency General Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh
*His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Raish-ul-Itikad Daulat-i-Inglisbia Raja-i-Rajagan Raja Sir Jagatjit Singh, Bahadur Ahluwalia of Kapurthala.
*His Highness Asafjah Muzaffer-ul-Mulk-Maamalik Nizam-ul-Mulk Nizam-ud-Daula Nawab Mir Usman Ali Khan, Bahadur Fateh Jang, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad.
*His Highness Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan
===1912===
*His Highness Amin-ud-Daula Wazir-ul-Mulk Nawab Sir Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan, Bahadur, Saulat Jang of Tonk
===1916===
*His Excellency General Sir Beauchamp Duff
===1917===
*His Highness Maharao Raja Sawai Sir Khengarji Bahadur Rao of Cutch.
===1918===
*His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Baron Pentland (Viscount, Baron, KG, KSP, PC, Bt, Kt, KGB, KCB, CB, GCSI, KCSI, CSI, GCMG, KCMG, CMG, GCIE, KCIE, CIE, GCVO, KCVO, CVO, MVO, CH, ISO, Kaisar-i-Hind, RRC)
*His Excellency Sir Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Baron Willingdon (Viscount, Baron, KG, KSP, PC, Bt, Kt, KGB, KCB, CB, GCSI, KCSI, CSI, GCMG, KCMG, CMG, GCIE, KCIE, CIE, GCVO, KCVO, CVO, MVO, CH, ISO, Kaisar-i-Hind, RRC)
===1919===
*His Excellency General Sir Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet
*His Highness Sir Raghubir Singh Bahadur, Maharao of Bundi
*George Carmichael
*Michael Ernest Sadler
==1920s==
===1921===
*Colonel His Highness Alhijah Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglisihia, Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nasir-ul-Mulk Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Sir Hamid Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Rampur
* Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Benares.
* Major-General His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulet-i-Inglishia Mansur-i-Zaman Amar-ul-Umra Maharajadhiraja Rajeshwar Sri Maharaja-i-Rajagan Sir Bhupindar Singh Mahindar Bahadur, Maharaja of Patiala.
===1923===
* His Highness Lieutenant-Colonel Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaja Jam Sahib
===1924===
*Colonel His Highness Sewai Maharaj Shri Jey Singh, Maharaja of Alwar
*James Lyle, Viscount Inchcape
* General Henry Seymour, Baron Rawlinson of Trent
===1925===
*The Right Honourable Victor Alexander George Robert, Earl of Lytton
* The Right Honourable Arthur Hamilton, Viscount Lee of Fareham
===1928===
*Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler
===1929===
* Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel, George Joachim, Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurst
*Lieutenant-Colonel The Right Honourable Sir Leslie Orme WilsonUnited Kingdom and British Empire: 
==1930s==
===1930===
* The Right Honourable Sir John Allsebrook Simon
* Field-Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob
*Field Marshal Sir William Riddell Birdwood
===1931===
*His Highness Sir Bhupal Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Udaipur
*Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Rajaram Chhatrapati, Maharaja of Kolhapur
*Major-General His Highness Projjwal-Nepal Tara-Dhish Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana.
===1932===
* Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Iftikhar-ul-Mulk Sikandar Saulat Haji Sir Muhammad Hamidullah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Bhopal.
* Sir William Malcolm Hailey
*The Right Honourable William Robert Wellesley, Earl Peel
===1933===
*Colonel His Highness Sir Hari Singh Indar Mahindar Bahadur, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.
===1934===
* Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir George Frederick Stanley
* Field-Marshal Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode
*Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare
===1935===
*Lieutenant-General His Highness Ojaswi Rajanya Projjwala Nepala Tara Ati Pravala Gorkha Dakshina Bahu Prithuladheesha Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
===1936===
* Lieutenant-Colonel Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraja Sir Umaid Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jodhpur
===1937===
*His Highness Maharaja Shri Sir Bhagwatsinhji Sagramji, Maharaja of GondalUnited Kingdom and British Empire: 
*Ranbir Singh, the Maharaja of Jind
==1940s==
===1940===
*General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels
===1941===
*Major His Highness Rukn-ud-Daula Nusrat-i-Jang, Saif-ud-Daula Hafiz-ul-Mulk Mukhlis-ud-Daula wa Muin-ud-Daula Nawab al Haj Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Bahawalpur.
===1946===
*Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Mukhtar-ul-Mulk, Asim-ul-Iqtidar, Rafi-ush-Shan, Wala Shikoh Mohta-Sham-i-Dauran, Umdat-ul-Umra, Maharajadhi-Raja Alijah Hisam-us-Sultanat, Sir George Jivaji Rao, Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior.United Kingdom list (1): 
*Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Sri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Sir Bala Rama Varma, Maharaja of TravancoreUnited Kingdom list (1): 
===1947===
* Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Digvijaysinhji, Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar.Order of the Crown of India: 
===1948===
* His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Edward NyeBritish Empire: 
* His Excellency Sir Frederick John BurrowsBritish Empire: 
* Major His Highness Maharaja Sir Shahaji Chhatrapati, Maharaja of Kolhapur.British Empire: 
* Lieutenant-General His Highness Saramad-i-Rajaha-i-Hindustan Raj Rajindra Sri Maharajadhiraja Sawar Sir Man Singhji, Maharaja of Jaipur.British Empire: 
* Lieutenant-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Shiromani Shri Sir Sadul Singhji Bahadur, Maharajah of BikanerBritish Empire: 
==Honorary Knights Grand Commander==
*1868: Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt
*1870: Ferdinand de LessepsLondon Gazette, 19 August 1870
*1873: Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh, Grand Vizier of PersiaLondon Gazette, 4 July 1873
*1875: Tewfik Pasha of EgyptLondon Gazette, 4 May 1875
*1878: Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt,London Gazette, 1 January 1878 Saffet Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman EmpireLondon Gazette, 30 August 1878 
*1879: Khudadad Khan, Khan of Kalat
*1885: Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan
*1887: Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan, Governor-General of Isfahan, Arabistan, Kurdistan, Yazd, etc.London Gazette, 20 December 1887
*1890: Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Sultan of ZanzibarLondon Gazette, 11 November 1890
*1894: Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, Sultan of ZanzibarLondon Gazette, 23 February 1894
*1896: Nubar Pasha
*1909: Prince Auguste Louis Alberic d'Arenberg, President of the Suez Canal CompanyLondon Gazette, 1 January 1909
*1935: Maharaja Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of NepalLondon Gazette, 1 January 1935
*1945: Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Commander-in-Chief, Nepalese ArmyLondon Gazette, 27 November 1945
==References==
==See also==
Order of the Star of India
 
Star of India