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{{Short description|British order of chivalry established 1878}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2012}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2008}}
{{Infobox order
|title = Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
|image = [[Image:KCIE_Brits_Indië_Tweede_Graad.gif|200px|Badge of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
|caption = The insignia of a Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)
|awarded_by = the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|British monarch]]
|type = [[Order of chivalry]]
|established = 1878
|motto = ''Imperatricis auspiciis''
|day =
|eligibility =
|for = At the monarch's pleasure
|status = ''Not awarded since 1947''<br>''Dormant order since 2010''
|founder = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
|head_title = Sovereign
|head = [[Elizabeth II]]
|head2_title =
|head2 =
|grades = Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)<br/>Knight Commander (KCIE)<br/>Companion (CIE)
|former_grades =
|first_induction =
|last_induction =
|total =
|recipients =
|individual =
|higher = [[Order of St Michael and St George]]
|lower = [[Royal Victorian Order]]
|image2 = [[File:Order of the Indian Empire Ribbon.svg|90px]]
|caption2 = Ribbon bar of the Order of the Indian Empire
}}

The '''Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire''' was an [[order of chivalry]] founded by [[Queen Victoria]] on 1 January 1878. The Order includes members of three classes:

#'''Knight Grand Commander''' ([[:Category:Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire|GCIE]])
#'''Knight Commander''' ([[:Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]])
#'''Companion''' ([[:Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]])

No appointments have been made since 1947, the year that [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] became independent from the [[British Raj]]. With the death of the last surviving knight, the [[Meghrajji III|Maharaja Meghrajji III of Dhrangadhra]], the order became dormant in 2010.

The motto of the Order is ''Imperatricis auspiciis'', ([[Latin]] for "Under the auspices of the Empress"), a reference to Queen Victoria, the first [[Emperor of India|Empress of India]]. The Order is the junior British order of chivalry associated with the [[British Indian Empire]]; the senior one is [[Order of the Star of India|The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India]].

==History==
The [[United Kingdom|British]] founded the Order in 1878 to reward British and native officials who served in India. The Order originally had only one class (Companion), but expanded to comprise two classes in 1887.<ref>Buckland, C. E. (1901). ''Bengal Under the Lieutenant-Governors: Being a Narrative of the Principal Events and Public Measures During Their Periods of Office, from 1854 to 1898'', p. 699. Calcutta: S. K. Lahiri & Co.</ref> The British authorities intended the Order of the Indian Empire as a less exclusive version of the Order of the Star of India (founded in 1861);<ref>[http://www.debretts.com/people/honours/orders-of-chivalry/indian-empire-orders.aspx ''Orders Associated with the Indian Empire''], Debretts.com; accessed 1 July 2017.</ref> consequently, many more appointments were made to the former than to the latter.

On 15 February 1887, the Order of the Indian Empire formally became "The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire" and was divided into two classes: Knights Commander and Companions, with the following as Knights Commanders,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25673|page=787|date=15 February 1887}}</ref> listed up to 1905.<ref name=List>Great Britain. India Office {{google books|b2NPAAAAMAAJ|The India List and India Office List for 1905|page=145}}</ref>

(in date order)
{{Div col|colwidth=25em}}
*[[Dietrich Brandis]] (1887)
*Sir [[Alexander Meadows Rendel]]
*Donald Campbell Macnabb
*[[George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood]]
*Surgeon-General [[Benjamin Simpson]]
*Albert James Leppoc Cappel
*[[Donald Mackenzie Wallace]]
*[[Alfred Woodley Croft]]
*[[Bradford Leslie]]
*Jaswantsinghji Fatehsingbji, Thakur Sahib of Limri
*[[William Vesey-FitzGerald|William Gerald Seymour Vesey-Fitzgerald]]
*[[Charles Arthur Turner]] (1888)
*[[Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock]]
*[[Raymond West]]
*[[Guilford Lindsey Molesworth]]
*Frederick Russell Hogg
*Sirdar Nauroz Khan, of Kharan
*[[Rajagopala Krishna Yachendra of Venkatagiri]]
*[[Mortimer Durand|Henry Mortimer Durand]] (1889)
*Arthur George Macpherson
*[[William Markby]]
*[[H. S. Cunningham]]
*Maharana Shri Wakhat Singh Dalil Singh, Raja of Lunavada.
*[[Roper Lethbridge]] (1890)
*[[Charles Ollivant|Edward Charles Kayll Ollivant]] (1892)
*[[Charles Pontifex]]
*[[Henry Hoyle Howorth]] MP
*[[Henry Seymour King]]
*Lieutenant-Colonel William Brereton Hudson (1893)
*Lieutenant-General [[Thomas Edward Gordon]]
*Lieutenant-General Edward Charles Sparshott Williams
*John Lambert
*Colonel [[John Charles Ardagh]] (1894)
*[[James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape|James Lyle Mackay]]
*[[Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier]] (1895)
*[[Janjira State|Nawab Sidi Ahmad Khan Sidi Ibrahim Khan of Janjira]]
*Sirdar Krishna Rao Bapu Saheb Jadu
*Raja Sri Rao Vencatesveta Chalapati Ranga Rao Bahadur of Bobbili
*Sir William Robert Brooke (Director General of Telegraphs, India<ref>[[Edward Walford]] {{google books|TuHIDwAAQBAJ|[[Walford's County Families|The county families of the United Kingdom, or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland]] (1960)|page=170}}</ref>)
*Maharaja Pratap Narayan Singh of Ayudhya
*Maharaja Ravaneshwar Prasad Singh, Bahadur of Gidhaur
*Lt.Col. Adalbert Cecil Talbot
* Maj.-Gen. [[Thomas Dennehy]] (1896)
*His Highness Maharaja Sawai Ranjor Singh Bahadur, of Ajaigarh (1897)
*Henry William Bliss
*Nawab Amir-ud-din Ahmad Khan Bahadur, Chief of Loharu.
*Colonel William Sinclair Smith Bisset
*[[Edward Stedman|General Edward Stedman]]
*[[Sir John Jardine, 1st Baronet|John Jardine]]
*Rear-Admiral [[John Hext]]
*Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownaggree
*Colonel [[Thomas Hungerford Holdich]]
*Baba Khem Singh Bedi, of Kallar (1898)
*[[George King (botanist)|Brigade-Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel George King, CIE, MB]]
*Sir [[Arthur Wilson (judge)|Arthur Wilson]],
*[[Francis William Maclean]]
*Sir Andrew Wingate W.C.
*[[Harnam Singh|Kunwar Harnam Singh]], Ahluwalia
*[[Gerald Morton|Maj.-Gen. Sir Gerald De Courcy Morton]]
*Gen. Sir George Corrie Bird
*[[S. Subramania Iyer|S. Subramaniya Aiyar]], CIE, [[Dewan Bahadur]] (1900)
*Alexander Frederick Douglas Cunningham (1901)
*[[Henry Evan Murchison James]]
*[[Ganga Singh|Maharaj Ganga Singh of Bikaner]]
*[[Shahbaz Khan Bugti]]
*[[James George Scott]]
*Maharaja Dhiraj Milkman Sign Eahadur (1902)
*Maharaja Rameshwara Singh Bahadur
*Sir Thomas Higham
*[[Samuel Swinton Jacob|Col. Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob]]
*[[William Hutt Curzon Wyllie|Lt.Col. Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie]]
*Sir [[Lawrence Hugh Jenkins]] (1903)
*[[Herbert Thirkell White|Sir Herbert Thirkell White]]
*Sir Charles Lewis Tupper, CSI
*[[Benjamin Franklin (surgeon)|Surgeon-General Benjamin Franklin]], CIE,
*Sir Frederick Augustus Nicholson, CSI
*Sir [[Arthur Upton Fanshawe|Arthur Upton Fanshawe, Esq, CSI]],
*Sir [[Walter Roper Lawrence|Walter Roper Lawrence, Esq, CIE]],
*Sir [[John Eliot (meteorologist)|John Eliot, Esq, CIE]],
*[[Nahar Singh of Shahpura|Raja Dhiraj Nahar Singh]], of Shahpura,
*Gangadhar Rao Ganesh, alias Bala Sahib Patwar-Dhan, Chief of Miraj
*Sardar Ghaus Bakhsh, Raisani,
*Maharaja Harballabh Narayan Singh Bahadur, of Sonbursa,
*Maharaja Peshkar Kishn Parshad,
*[[P. N. Krishnamurti|Puma Narasingharao Krishna Murti]], CIE,
*Maj.-Gen. [[Edmond Elles|Sir Edmond Roche Elles]] (1904)
*Sir Henry Thoby Prinsep
*Pherozeshah Merwanji Mehta
*Col. Sir Buchanan Scott
*Col. Sir John Walter Ottley
*Raja Jaswant Singh, of Sailana
*Major Sir [[Francis Younghusband|Francis Edward Younghusband]]
*Bt.-Col. [[James Macdonald (British Army officer)|Sir James R. L. Macdonald]]
*[[Ugyen Wangchuck|Sri Ugyen Wangchuk]], Tongsa Penlop of Bhutan
*Sir Frederic Styles Philpin Lely (1905)

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However, on 21 June 1887, a further proclamation regarding the Order was made; the Order was expanded from two classes to three – Knight Grand Commander, Knight Commander and Companion. Seven Knights Grand Commander were created, namely:<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25773|page=219|date=5 January 1888}}</ref>
*[[Edward VII|The Prince of Wales]]
*[[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|The Duke of Edinburgh]]
*[[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn|The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]]
*[[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge|The Duke of Cambridge]]
*[[Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay|Lord Reay]], Governor of Bombay
*[[Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara|Lord Connemara]], Governor of Madras
*General Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts (promoted from a Knight Commander)

Also from 1897, 3 honorary Knights Commanders were made.
Including [[Léon Émile Clément-Thomas]] (1897), Col. Sir Eduardo Augusto Rodriques Galhardo (Jan 1901) and Sir Hussien Kuli Khan, Mokhber-ed-Dowlet (June 1902).<ref name=List/>

==Ceasement==
Appointments to both Orders ceased after 14 August 1947. The Orders have never been formally abolished, and {{as of|2012|lc=on}} Queen [[Elizabeth II]] remains the Sovereign of the Orders. There are no living members of the order.<ref name=Scott/>

* The last Grand Master of the Order was [[Rear Admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear Admiral]] [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|The 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma]] (later promoted and created [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]]; 1900–1979), the last [[Viceroy of India]]. Lord Mountbatten was killed in an [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bombing in [[County Sligo]] on 27 August 1979.
*The last surviving GCIE, [[Maharaja]] [[Sri]] [[Sir]] [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]] (1912–1991), the Maharaja of [[Travancore]], died on 19 July 1991 in [[Trivandrum]].
*The last surviving KCIE, [[Maharaja]] [[Sri]] [[Sir]] the [[Meghrajji III of Dhrangadhra-Halvad|Maharaja of Dhrangadhra]] (1923–2010), the Maharaja of [[Dhrangadhra]]-[[Halvad]], died at Dhrangadhra on 1 August 2010.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/7978328/The-Maharaja-of-Dhrangadhra-Halvad.html Obituary of The Maharaja of Dhrangadhra-Halvad], Telegraph.co.uk, 2 September 2010</ref>
*The last surviving CIE, [[Ian Dixon Scott|Sir Ian Dixon Scott]] (1909–2002), died on 3 March 2002.<ref name=Scott>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1387342/Sir-Ian-Scott.html Obituary for Sir Ian Dixon Scott], Telegraph.co.uk, 11 March 2002.</ref>

The fictional characters Purun Dass (invented by [[Rudyard Kipling]]) and [[Harry Paget Flashman]] (invented by [[George MacDonald Fraser]]) each held a KCIE; Kipling's engineer Findlayson in ''The Day's Work'' (1908) aspires to the CIE.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

==Composition==
{{more citations needed|section|date=July 2017}}
The [[British monarchy|British Sovereign]] serves as the Sovereign of the Order. The Grand Master held the next-most senior rank; the position was held, ''ex officio'', by the [[Viceroy of India]]. Members of the first class were known as "Knights Grand Commanders" rather than "Knights Grand Cross" so as not to offend the non-Christian Indians appointed to the Order.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

At the time of foundation in 1878 the order had only one class, that of Companion, with no quota imposed. In 1886, the Order was divided into the two classes of Knights Commander (50 at any given time) and Companions (no quota). The following year the class of Knight Grand Commander (25 at any given time) was added;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25712/pages/3364 |title=The London Gazette|date=21 June 1887|page=3364|website=London-gazette.co.uk|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref> the composition of the other two classes remained the same. The statute also provided that it was "competent for Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, at Her or their pleasure, to appoint any Princes of the Blood Royal, being descendants of His late Majesty King George the First, as Extra Knights Grand Commanders".

By Letters Patent of 2 Aug 1886, the number of Knights Commander was increased to 82, while Commanders were limited to 20 nominations per year (40 for 1903 only). Membership was expanded by Letters Patent of 10 June 1897, which permitted up to 32 Knights Grand Commander.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27511/supplement/2 |title=The London Gazette|date=1 January 1903|page=2|website=London-gazette.co.uk|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref> A special statute of 21 October 1902 permitted up to 92 Knights Commander, but continued to limit the number of nominations of Commanders to 20 in any successive year. On 21 December 1911, in connection with the [[Delhi Durbar]], the limits were increased to 40 Knights Grand Commander, 120 Knights Commander, and 40 nominations of companions in any successive year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/12416/page/1321 |title=Edinburgh Gazette|date=15 December 1911|page= 1317|website=London-gazette.co.uk|access-date=2017-07-01}}</ref>

British officials and soldiers were eligible for appointment, as were rulers of [[Indian Princely States]]. Generally, the rulers of the more important states were appointed Knights Grand Commanders of the Order of the Star of India, rather than of the Order of the Indian Empire. Women, save the princely rulers, were ineligible for appointment to the Order. Female princely rulers were admitted as "Knights" rather than as "Dames" or "Ladies". Other Asian and Middle Eastern rulers were also appointed as well.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

==Vestments and accoutrements==
{{more citations needed|section|date=July 2017}}
[[File:H.H. Maharaja Thakore Shri Sir Bhagwant Singhji Sagramji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Gondal, GCSI, GCIE, 1911.jpg|right|thumb|Maharaja Thakore Shri Sir Bhagwatsinhji Sagramji Sahib Bahadur, [[Maharaja]] of [[Gondal State|Gondal]] GCSI, GCIE, in a 1911 photograph, during his visit to London for the coronation of King George V. He is wearing the mantle, collar and star of a Knight Grand Commander of the '''Order of the Indian Empire'''.]]
[[File:Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma.jpg|thumb|Maharaja Sri Sir Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma III, Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore, GCSI, GCIE, wearing the sash, star and badge of a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)]]
[[File:Kie.jpg|right|thumb|Photo of [[Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya]]'s badge]]
Members of the Order wore elaborate costumes on important ceremonial occasions:

* The ''mantle'', worn only by Knights Grand Commander, comprised dark blue satin lined with white silk. On the left side was a representation of the star (see photo at right).
* The ''collar'', also worn only by Knights Grand Commander, was made of gold. It was composed of alternating golden elephants, Indian roses and peacocks.

At less important occasions, simpler insignia were used:
*The ''star'', worn only by Knights Grand Commander and Knights Commander, had ten points, including rays of gold and silver for Knights Grand Commander, and of plain silver for Knights Commander. In the centre was an image of Victoria surrounded by a dark blue ring with the motto and surmounted by a crown.<ref>Boutell, Charles (1908). ''English Heraldry'', p. 290. London: Reeves & Turner.</ref>
*The ''badge'' was worn by Knights Grand Commander on a dark blue riband, or sash, passing from the right shoulder to the left hip, and by Knights Commander and Companions from a dark blue ribbon around the neck. It included a five-petalled crown-surmounted red flower, with the image of Victoria surrounded by a dark blue ring with the motto at the centre.

[[File:Order of the Indian EmpireInsignia.JPG|thumb|Insignia of the Order]]
The insignia of most other British chivalric orders incorporates a cross: the Order of the Indian Empire does not in deference to India's non-Christian tradition.

==Precedence and privileges==
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Members of all classes of the Order were assigned positions in the order of precedence. Wives of members of all classes also featured on the order of precedence, as did sons, daughters and daughters-in-law of Knights Grand Commanders and Knights Commanders. (See [[order of precedence in England and Wales]] for the exact positions.)

Knights Grand Commanders used the post-nominal "GCIE", Knights Commanders "KCIE" and Companions "CIE." Knights Grand Commanders and Knights Commanders prefixed "Sir" to their forenames. Wives of Knights Grand Commanders and Knights Commanders could prefix "Lady" to their surnames. Such forms were not used by peers and Indian princes, except when the names of the former were written out in their fullest forms.

Knights Grand Commanders were also entitled to receive heraldic supporters. They could, furthermore, encircle their arms with a depiction of the circlet (a circle bearing the motto) and the collar; the former is shown either outside or on top of the latter. Knights Commanders and Companions were permitted to display the circlet, but not the collar, surrounding their arms. The badge is depicted suspended from the collar or circlet.

==Notable appointees==
* In 1931 The [[Raja]] [[Dhau Raghubir Bakshi Singh ]] was created a [[Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire]] and was given the title of [[C.I.E.]] He was the [[Raja]] of [[Bharatpur State|Bharatpur]] and reigned from 27 March 1929 to 15 August 1947. He was also senior member of the council and president (c.1922-23).
* On 1 January 1883, the [[Raja]] [[Mir]] [[Syed]] [[Muhammad Baquar Ali Khan]] was created a [[Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire]] and was given the title of [[C.I.E.]] He was the [[Mir]] of kotaha and the [[Raja]] of [[Morni]] and [[Pindrawal]]
The first two kings of [[Bhutan]] were presented with the KCIE:
* [[Ugyen Wangchuck]], the first King, received the KCIE in 1905 from [[John Claude White]], the first Political Officer in Gangtok, Sikkim. He was promoted to a GCIE in 1921.
* [[Jigme Wangchuck]], the second King, received the KCIE in 1931 from Lieutenant-Colonel J.L.R. Weir, also the Political Officer in Gangtok at the time.

Other appointees include:
*Sheikh [[Khaz'al Khan]] of Mohammerah received the GCIE in 1916, promoted from a KCIE in 1910.
*Raja Sir [[S. Ramaswami Mudaliar]] was made a CIE on 6 June 1885.<ref name="indiaofficelistp146">{{cite book | title=The India List and India Office List| last=Great Britain India Office| year=1905| pages=146| publisher=Harrison and Sons| location=London}}</ref>
* Mahamahopadhyay Pandit [[Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya]] of Calcutta, eminent Sanskrit scholar, principal of the [[Sanskrit College]], academic administrator, philanthropist and social reformer. He was made a Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) on 24 May 1881, six years before the title of ''Mahamahopadhyay'' was conferred as a personal distinction on the occasion of the Jubilee of the reign of Queen Victoria, for eminence in oriental learning. He was arguably the first [[Bengali people|Bengali]] CIE. The titles entitled him to take rank in the [[Durbar (court)|Durbar]] immediately after titular Rajas.
* [[Prabhu Narayan Singh of Benares]], The [[Maharaja]] of Benares from the [[Royal House of Benares]] received the KCIE in 1892.
* Sir [[M. Visvesvaraya]], a notable Engineer and Statesman, who served as the 19th [[Diwan of Mysore]] from 1912 to 1918, received the KCIE from [[King George V]] in 1915.
* Sir [[V. Bhashyam Aiyangar]], The first Indian to be appointed Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency and Law member of the executive council of the Governor of Madras between 1897 and 1900, was created as a CIE in 1895, however his later promotion to the rank of [[Knight Bachelor]] in 1900 often overshadows his CIE status.
* [[Mahadev Govind Ranade]], a distinguished Indian scholar, social reformer and author. He was a founding member of the Indian National Congress[1] and owned several designations as member of the Bombay legislative council, member of the finance committee at the centre, and the judge of Bombay High Court. In 1897, Ranade served on a committee charged with the task of enumerating imperial and provincial expenditure and making recommendations for financial retrenchment. This service won him the decoration of CIE.
* Sir [[Jadunath Sarkar]], a distinguished [[Indian Bengali]] historian and aristocrat.
* [[Khwaja Salimullah|Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur of Dhaka]] Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) – 23 December 1911, Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) – New Year Honours, 1909, Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) – New Year Honours, 1906.
* [[Abdul Karim (the Munshi)|Abdul Karim]], "the Munshi", Queen Victoria's favourite Indian servant, was created a CIE.
* [[Mazari (Baloch tribe)#Sir Nawab Imam Buksh Khan Mazari|Nawab Sir Imam Buksh Khan Mazari]], Nawab of [[Rojhan Mazari]]{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}
* Rao Bahadur Kanti Chandra Mukharji (Chief Member of the Jaipur State council, Member of the Famine Commission of India)was made a CIE in 1891.
* [[Nawaab Syed Shamsul Huda]] was made a KCIE in 1916.
* [[Jagadish Chandra Bose]] was made a CIE in 1903.
* [[Sir Azizul Haque|Sir Md. Azizul Haque]] was made a CIE in 1937.
* [[Khwaja Nazimuddin]] was made a KCIE in 1934, promoted from a CIE in 1926
* [[C.D. Deshmukh]] was appointed a CIE in 1937.
* [[N.R. Pillai|Sir Narayanan R. Pillai]], a member of the ICS and later the first Secretary of External Affairs of India, was appointed a CIE in 1939 and knighted with the KCIE in 1946.
* [[Benegal Rama Rau]] was appointed a CIE in 1931.
* [[Sadul Singh (administrator)|Colonel Rao Bahadur Thakur Sir Sadul Singh]] of [[Rora, India|Rora]] was appointed a CIE in 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31712 |date=30 December 1919 |page=5 |supp=y}}</ref>
* [[Atul Chandra Chatterjee]] was appointed a CIE in 1919, knighted with the KCIE in 1925 and promoted to a GCIE in 1933.
* [[Bashir Hussain Zaidi]] was appointed a CIE in 1941.
* [[Iskander Mirza]] was made a CIE in 1945.
* Sheikh [[Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa]], Ruler of [[Bahrain]], was made a KCIE in 1919, as was his son, Sheikh [[Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872–1942)]] in 1935. His grandson, Sheikh [[Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa (1895–1961)]], was also made a KCIE in 1943.
* [[Nawab Sayyid Hassan Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur]], [[Nawab of Murshidabad]], received the KCIE in 1887 and was promoted to a GCIE in 1890.
*[[Emperor Gojong]] of [[Korea]] received the GCIE in 1900.
*[[Lakhajirajsinhji II Bavajirajsinhji, 12th Thakore Saheb of Rajkot]], was created a KCIE in 1908.
*Sheikh [[Mubarak Al Sabah]] of [[Kuwait]] received the KCIE in 1911. His great-grandson, Sheikh [[Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]] received one in 1930, promoted from a CIE in 1922.
* [[Raja of Panagal]], Premier of [[Madras Presidency|Madras]] from 1921 to 1926 was awarded a CIE and later made KCIE.
*Maharaja Sir [[Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana]] of [[Nepal]] received the GCIE in 1945, promoted from a KCIE in 1924.
*[[Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman]], received the GCIE in 1903. His son, [[Taimur bin Faisal]], received the KCIE in 1926 and his grandson, [[Said bin Taimur]], received the GCIE in 1945.
* [[Raja Sir Martanda Bhairava Tondaiman Bahadur]], [[Raja of Pudukkottai]] was appointed GCIE on 1 January 1913.
* [[William Robert Cornish]], Surgeon-General—head of medical services—in the [[Madras Presidency]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Obituary|title=Surgeon-General Cornish C.I.E.|journal=The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health|year=1897|volume=18|issue=4|pages=656–61|doi=10.1177/146642409701800412|s2cid=221043039}}</ref>
* John Thomas Donovan, late of the Indian Civil Service was appointed CIE in 1931.<ref>{{cite book|author=Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)|title=The Dublin University Calendar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQoLAQAAIAAJ|year=1946}}</ref>
* [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]] was made CIE.
[[File:Player's cigarettes 27 Order of the Indian Empire.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Mantle worn by GCIE]]
* [[Khan Bahadur]] [[Major General|Maj.Gen.]] [[Fateh Naseeb Khan]] CIE, January 1931 ([[Alwar State|Alwar State Forces]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Various|title=Alwar State List of Leading Officials, Nobles and Personages|publisher=Potter Press|date=15 March 2007|page=4|isbn=978-1-4067-3137-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UM-HUdTLTWAC&q=%22Hashim%20Ali%20Khan%22%2C%20Hyderabad&pg=RA1-PT8}}</ref>
* [[C. P. Ramaswami Iyer|Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]], Law Member of India and Dewan of Travancore from 1936 to 1947 was appointed a CIE in 1923 and knighted with the KCIE in 1926. He was also a recipient of [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]].
* [[Francis Spring]], the civil engineer, was made a KCIE.
* [[Leonard William Reynolds]], the Agent to the Governor General was made a KCIE.
* [[Nawab Muhammad Ali Beg]], Sir Afsar Ul Mulk, MVO (1906), CIE (1887), Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Nizam of Hyderabad was promoted to the rank of KCIE by His Majesty King [[Edward VII]] in the [[1908 Birthday Honours]]
* [[H. V. Nanjundaiah]] acting dewan of mysore, Privy councillor to the Maharaja of Mysore and first Vice Chancellor of the [[Mysore University]] was awarded the CIE in 1915<ref>{{cite book|author=Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India)|title=Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRlDwpTgJ4oC|year=1916|publisher=Asiatic Society.}}</ref>
* Sardar Bahadur Sir Shamsher Singh Grewal KCIE, Diwan of Jind state during the reign of Raja-I-Rajgan Maharaja Raghbir Singh
* [[Waldemar Haffkine]], developer of the first vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague, was knighted to the CIE in 1897.
* [[Major General J. G. Elliott]], Military Secretary of the Defence Committee of the Indian Government on the 1st December 1946. Was made C.I.E 1st January 1948.<ref>http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk</ref>
*[[Lakshmeshwar Singh|Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh]], Maharaja of [[Darbhanga]]. On 22 June 1897, he was advanced to the rank of Knight Grand Commander.
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==See also==
*[[List of Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Order of the Indian Empire}}
*[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25673/pages/786 The February 1887 reformation of the Order]
*[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25773/pages/218 The June 1887 reformation of the Order]

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