Order of the Indian Empire

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British order of chivalry order of chivalry

The Order of the Indian Empire was a British chivalric order established in 1878 to honor service to the Indian Empire, ranking below the Order of the Star of India.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire 3
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire 2
Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British order of chivalry ⓘ
order of chivalry ⓘ
abbreviation CIE ⓘ
GCIE ⓘ
KCIE ⓘ
associatedWith British colonial period ⓘ
surface form: British Raj

Most Exalted Order of the Star of India ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Star of India
awardingBody Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
ceasedAppointmentsAfter Indian independence ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility British officials in India ⓘ
Indian princes ⓘ
other distinguished persons serving the Indian Empire ⓘ
establishedBy Queen Victoria ⓘ
foundingContext expansion of British honours for Indian service ⓘ
genderEligibility men ⓘ
hasGrade Order of the Indian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire

Order of the Indian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire

Order of the Indian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
hasPostIndependenceStatus no new appointments but not formally abolished ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
higherRank Most Exalted Order of the Star of India ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Star of India
inception 1878 ⓘ
insigniaFeature image of Queen Victoria ⓘ
imperial crown ⓘ
insigniaType badge ⓘ
collar ⓘ
star ⓘ
lastAppointments 1947 ⓘ
lowerRank none ⓘ
monarchAsSovereign Emperor of India ⓘ
surface form: Empress of India
motto Imperatricis auspiciis ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation Under the auspices of the Empress ⓘ
namedAfter British India ⓘ
surface form: Indian Empire
postNominalLetters CIE ⓘ
GCIE ⓘ
KCIE ⓘ
purpose to reward services to the Indian Empire ⓘ
region British India ⓘ
religiousAffiliation secular ⓘ
ribbonColor purple with white stripes ⓘ
status dormant ⓘ
styleOfMembers Sir for knights ⓘ
territorialDesignation British Empire ⓘ
surface form: Indian Empire
usedFor political patronage in British India ⓘ
recognition of administrative service in India ⓘ
recognition of military service in India ⓘ
recognition of princely loyalty to the British Crown ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emperor of India → associatedWith → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
Aurel Stein → awardReceived → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Aurel Stein → awardReceived → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Hastings Ismay → awardReceived → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
Lord Hardinge → awardReceived → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Michael O’Dwyer → awardReceived → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Sir John Anderson → awardReceived → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
Order of the Indian Empire → hasGrade → Order of the Indian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Order of the Indian Empire → hasGrade → Order of the Indian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Order of the Indian Empire → hasGrade → Order of the Indian Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Lord Irwin → honour → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
Most Exalted Order of the Star of India → ranksAbove → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
Most Exalted Order of the Star of India → relatedOrder → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
Star of India → relatedTo → Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ