List of knights companion of the Order of the Star of India

This is a list of knights companion of the Order of the Star of India. The Letters Patent of 23 February 1861 founding the Order were gazetted on 25 June 1861, and established that the order would consist of the sovereign (the queen of the United Kingdom), the grand master (the viceroy of India, ex officio) and 25 knights, who bore the postnominal KSI.
Letters patent of 28 March 1866, gazetted on 25 May 1866, expanded the order to include the sovereign, the grand master, 25 knights grand commanders, 50 knights commanders, and 100 companions. There were later further extensions to the membership. At the time of the expansion of the order in 1866, the surviving knights companions became knights grand commanders (GCSI).
Date 	Image	Name 	Notes
25 June 1861 	 	The Prince Consort 	Died 14 December 1861
25 June 1861 	 	The Prince of Wales 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	The Nizam of Hyderabad 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	The Viscount Gough 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	The Maharajah of Gwalior 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	The Lord Harris 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	The Maharajah Duleep Singh 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	The Lord Clyde 	Died 24 August 1863
25 June 1861 	 	The Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	Sir George Russell Clerk 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	The Maharajah Holkar of Indore 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	The Maharajah Gaekwad of Baroda 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	Sir John Lawrence, Bt 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	The Maharajah of Patiala 	Died 13 November 1862
25 June 1861 	 	Sir James Outram, Bt 	Died 11 March 1863
25 June 1861 	 	The Begum of Bhopal 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	Sir Hugh Henry Rose 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
25 June 1861 	 	The Nawab of Rampur 	Died 20 April 1865
19 August 1861 	 	The Viscount Combermere 	Died 21 February 1865
19 August 1861 	 	Sir George Pollock 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
11 November 1863	 	The Rajah Bahadur of Jaipur 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
11 November 1863	 	The Rajah Bahadur of Jind 	Died 26 January 1864
10 December 1864	 	The Rajah Bahadur of Kapurthala 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
10 December 1864	 	The Maharajah of Rewa 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
12 February 1866	 	Sir Henry Bartle Frere 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
12 February 1866	 	The Maharajah of Jodhpur 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
12 February 1866	 	Sir Robert Montgomery 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
12 February 1866	 	The Maharajah of Travancore 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
12 February 1866	 	Sir William Mansfield 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
12 February 1866	 	The Maharajah of Karauli 	Became GCSI 24 May 1866
==See also==
* List of knights commander of the Order of the Star of India
* List of knights grand commander of the Order of the Star of India
==References==
==Sources==
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Category:Order of the Star of India
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