Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire

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chivalric order grade order of knighthood rank

The Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire was the highest class of a British chivalric order established to honor exceptional service to the Indian Empire.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire canonical	6
Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire	1
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chivalric order grade ⓘ order of knighthood rank ⓘ
abbreviation	GCIE NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Raj NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	British honours system NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroy of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedBy	British monarch NERFINISHED ⓘ
ceremonialUse	court and state occasions in British India ⓘ
confersPostNominalLetters	GCIE ⓘ
confersTitle	Sir ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
disestablished	after Indian independence ⓘ
eligibility	British subjects ⓘ Indian princes ⓘ other distinguished persons serving the Indian Empire ⓘ senior officials of the Indian Empire ⓘ
femaleEquivalent	Dame Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
genderedForm	Knight Grand Commander ⓘ
gradeLevel	first class ⓘ
highestRankOf	Order of the Indian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
inception	1878 ⓘ
insigniaIncludes	badge ⓘ collar ⓘ star ⓘ
insigniaWornOn	sash ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
lastRegularAppointments	mid 20th century ⓘ
lowerRank	Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
orderType	order of chivalry NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Order of the Indian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedenceWithinOrder	highest class ⓘ
purpose	to reward exceptional service to the Indian Empire ⓘ
rankComparedTo	Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedOrder	Order of the Star of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionRequirement	none ⓘ
status	dormant ⓘ
styleOfAddress	Sir ⓘ
symbolizes	imperial authority in India ⓘ
usedFor	honouring rulers of princely states ⓘ honouring senior civil and military officials in India ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

General Sir Claude Auchinleck → awardReceived → Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Claude Auchinleck

GCIE → standsFor → Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire

KCIE → lowerThan → Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)

Maurice Gwyer → awardReceived → Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ

1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava → awardReceived → Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ

Ranjitsinhji → honour → Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ

Percy Cox → awardReceived → Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ

Auchinleck, Claude → awardReceived → Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Claude Auchinleck