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{{short description|Honour bestowed during British rule in India}}
[[File:Rao Bahadur Medal.jpg|175px|thumb|Rao Bahadur [[Title Badge (India)|Title Badge]]]]
'''Rai Bahadur''' (also '''Rao Bahadur''' in [[South India]]), {{small|abbreviated}} '''R.B.''', was a [[title of honour]] bestowed during [[British Raj|British rule]] in India to individuals for faithful service or acts of public welfare to the Empire. From 1911, the title was accompanied by a medal called a [[Title Badge (India)|Title Badge]].<ref name=Dorling>{{Cite book |author=H. Taprell Dorling.|title= Ribbons and Medals|page=111|publisher= A.H.Baldwin & Sons, London|year=1956}}</ref> Translated, ''Rao'' means "prince", and ''[[Baghatur|Bahadur]]'' means "brave" or "most honourable". Bestowed mainly on [[Hindus]], the equivalent title for [[Muslim]] and [[Parsi]] subjects was ''[[Khan Bahadur]]''. For [[Sikh]]s it was ''Sardar Bahadur''.

Those awarded the Rao Bahadur title were usually drawn from the lower rank of [[Rai Sahib]], both of which were below the rank of [[Dewan Bahadur]].<ref name=j>{{Cite web |last=Jalan |first=Aditya |date=2009 |title=Dewan Bahadur 1944–1954 |url=http://www.quilahouse.com/dewan-bahadur.htm |publisher=Quila House and the Jalan Collection: A Brief Introduction |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref> These titles were subordinate to the two orders of knighthood: the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] and the higher [[Order of the Star of India]]. A holder of a Rai Sahib, Rai Bahadur or Dewan Bahadur title came lower in the order of precedence.<ref name=Dorling/>

==Selected recipients awarded the Rao/Rai Bahadur title==



===Academics and education===
* Sadashiva Jairam Dehadrai, Professor of Sanskrit, Jabalpur College.<ref name="Who's Who in India, 1911 Coronation Edition, p 27">[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209992 Who's Who 1911 Coronation Edition], Lucknow, Newul Kishore Press, 1911 (page 27)</ref>
* Priya Nath Dutt, assistant registrar, Punjab University<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>
* S.N (Satya Nand) Mukarji Esq, BA (Cantab) and MA (Cantab), 6th - and longest-serving (1926-1945) - Principal of [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] (a foundation constituent college of [[Delhi University]]), [[Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|Wrangler]] in the [[Mathematical Tripos]] from [[Queens' College, Cambridge]]. Member, Lindsay Commission;<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mayhew |first1=Arthur |title=THE COMMISSION ON CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA |journal=International Review of Mission |date=October 1931 |volume=20 |issue=4 |pages=512–524 |doi=10.1111/j.1758-6631.1931.tb04099.x}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ststephens.edu/visionaries/|title=VISIONARIES – St. Stephen's College, Delhi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ase.tufts.edu/chemistry/kumar/ssc/html/sschis.html#:~:text=Satya%20Nand%20Mukarji,started%20in%201948.|title = St. Stephen's College, Delhi, India: HISTORY}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharji |first1=Jaya |title=Remembering Principal Mukarji |url=http://www.jayabhattacharjirose.com/remembering-principal-mukarji |access-date=15 July 2021 |work=The Stephanian |issue=Volume CIII, Issue 1 |date=April 1995 |pages=1-5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628195524/http://www.jayabhattacharjirose.com/tag/the-stephanian/ |archive-date=28 June 2021}}</ref>

===Activists and politicians===
* [[S. A. Saminatha Iyer]], Indian independence activist.
* Manik Lal Joshi, chief minister of Bundi, Rajputana<ref name="Hayavando, p 27"/>
*[[Motilal Nehru]], Indian independence activist, he later surrendered it during the non-co-operation movement of 1921.
* [[Jaswantraj Mehta|Jaswant Raj Mehta]]{{cn|date=July 2021|reason=His WP article makes no mention of Rao Bahadur award}} Indian politician, elected to the [[Lok Sabha]]; elected to Jodhpur State Legislative Assembly in 1947
* [[C. Jambulingam Mudaliar]] (1857 - 1906), Indian politician and freedom-fighter
* [[T. M. Jambulingam Mudaliar]] (1890 - 1970), philanthropist and freedom fighter who gave 620 acre land to establish [[NLC India Limited]]
* [[Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu]], Chief Minister of Madras Presidency.
* [[Seth Vishandas Nihalchand]], [[Sindhi Hindus|Sindhi]] politician, social reformer, philanthropist
* [[Chhotu Ram]], Minister for Agriculture and Home Affairs, erstwhile Punjab, 1945. First Indian-origin Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.

===Civil servants and government officials===
* Jagan Nath Bhandari [[Raj Ratan]], [[Dewan]] of [[Idar (princely state)|Idar State]]<ref>[http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=2ZwiTrrqCcqqrAf9u-yaAg&ct=result&id=xacSAAAAIAAJ&dq=Dewan+of+Idar+State&q=Dewan++Idar#search_anchor Bhandari Jagan Nath Rai Bhadur, Raj Ratan, Dewan of Idar State], The Times of India directory and year book including who's who, Volume 32, 1945</ref>
* Lada Damodar Das, extrajudicial assistant commissioner in the Punjab<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>
* Dewan Jaggatnath, secretary to the municipal committee and district board, Dera Ismail Khan<ref name="Hayavando, p 27">[https://archive.org/details/indianbiographic00raoc/page/27 The Indian biographical dictionary], by C. Hayavando Rao, 1915 (page 27)</ref>
* Sahu Parsotam Saran Kothiwala, member of the district board, Moradabad<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>
* Lala Jai Lal, member of the Municipal Committee, Simla<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>
* [[A. Savarinatha Pillai]], Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Madras Presidency; winner of King's Coronation Award for Distinguished Public Service, London<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft88700868&chunk.id=d0e18141&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e17927&brand=ucpress|title = Caste and Capitalism in Colonial India}}</ref>
* Akshey Kumar Sarkar, superintendent, Department of Commerce and Industry, Government of India<ref name="Hayavando, p 27"/>
* Betharam Sarma, sub-deputy collector, Tezpur, Assam<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>

===Commerce and industry===
* [[Jamnalal Bajaj]], industrialist (he later returned the title)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamnalal Bajaj |url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/jamnalal-bajaj-the-gandhian-capitalist-who-was-the-mahatmas-merchant-prince/189694/ |website=The Print |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>
* Dewan Bahadur P. Somasundaram Chettiar, Coimbatore - industrialist and pioneer in textiles.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Govindarajulu|first=Rajesh|date=2015-07-03|title=Pioneers in textile|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/pioneers-in-textile/article7382889.ece|access-date=2021-01-23|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* [[Jagmal Raja Chauhan]], industrialist and noted railway contractor
* [[Jairam Valji Chauhan]], industrialist
* [[Seth Hukumchand|Seth Sarupchand Hukamchand]],(1874–1959) merchant, Indore, thara of Indian industry and a prominent leader of the [[Jain]] community <ref name="Hayavando, p 27"/>
* [[Gujar Mal Modi]], founder of the Modi Group
* [[Mohan Singh Oberoi]], founder of [[Oberoi Group]]

===Engineering, science and medicine===
* [[Kailash Chandra Bose]], CIE, OBE, first knighted Indian physician.<ref>{{Cite journal|pmc = 5197519|year = 1927|title = Sir Kailas Chandra Bose|journal = The Indian Medical Gazette|volume = 62|issue = 4|pages = 235–237}}</ref>
* [[Upendranath Brahmachari]], [[Calcutta|Bengal Presidency]], Discovery of urea stibamine for the treatment of [[Kala Azar]]
* Balkishen Kaul, surgeon, lecturer, and superintendent of Lahore Medical college<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>
* [[Puttana Venkatramana Raju]] (1894-1975), civil engineer, industrial advisor to government of India, educationist.
* Ram Dhan Singh (Dr.), pioneer agricultural scientist, principal, College of Agriculture, Lyallpur, erstwhile Punjab, 1947.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.drramdhansingh.org/biography|title = Biography of Ch. Ram Dhan Singh}}</ref>

===Law and justice===
* Babu Ram Sadan Bhattacharji, deputy magistrate, Bengal<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>
* [[Chaudhary Dewan Chand Saini]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}}, (1887-?) of [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], distinguished lawyer of Punjab High Court, leader of the criminal bar; elected member of Legislative Council of colonial Punjab
* Rajendranath Dutt, judge, Bengal<ref name="Hayavando, p 26">[https://archive.org/details/indianbiographic00raoc/page/26 The Indian biographical dictionary], by C. Hayavando Rao, 1915 (page 26)</ref>
* Soti Raghubans Lal, subordinate judge, Shahjehanpur<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>
* Sadh Achraj Lal, honorary magistrate and member of the municipal board, Mirzapur<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>
* Jwala Prasad, government pleader<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>
* Raghunath Sharan, District Judge in Bihar<ref name="Former District Judges since the Creation of the Judegship">{{Cite web|url=https://districts.ecourts.gov.in/node/186112|title = Former District Judges since the Creation of the Judegship/District Court in India | Official Website of District Court of India}}</ref>
* Babu Bahadur Singh, honorary magistrate, Pilibhit<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>
* Babu Shuhrat Singh, Zemindar of Chandpur and honorary magistrate, Basti<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>

===Literature and arts===
* [[Appu Nedungadi]], author of [[Kundalatha]], the first novel published in Malayalam

===Philanthropy, religion and charity===
* [[Ranchhodlal Chhotalal]], textile mill pioneer and philanthropist
*Dharmarathnakara [[Arcot Narrainsawmy Mudaliar]], philanthropist.
* [[Amba Prasad]], philanthropist of Delhi
* [[Salig Ram|Salig Rām]] (Rai Saligram)), (1829-1898) Postmaster-General, North-Western Provinces, disciple of [[Shiv Dayal Singh|Shiv Dayāl Singh Seth]], later succeeding him as guru.
* [[Ranadaprasad Saha]], philanthropist
* Yele Mallappa Shettaru, philanthropist, 1887, constructed Bangalore's first obstetrics hospital, funded Vani Vilas Hospital construction, restored Kaadu Malleshwara Temple, Bangalore<ref name="Hayavando, p 27"/>
* Sardar Bahadur [[Jagat Singh (Sant)]] (1884-1951), [[Faisalabad|Lyallpur]], pre-partition [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] Surat Shabd Yoga practitioner and guru
* [[Gubbi Thotadappa]], businessman, philanthropist, founded Dharmachathra (free lodging places for travellers) and free hostels for students throughout [[Karnataka]].
* [[A. Veeriya Vandayar]], philanthropist.

===Police and emergency services===
* [[Tirath Singh Bakshi]], Deputy Inspector General of Police, [[United Province]]
* [[Purna Chandra Lahiri]], Indian Police officer, [[Calcutta]]
* [[P. K. Monnappa]], South Indian Police Chief of three states, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore.
* Satyen Nath (S.N.) Mukherjee, First Indian-origin Deputy Commissioner of Indian Police, Calcutta.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Channa|first1=Subhadra Mitra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qak0AAAAQBAJ&q=Rai+Bahadur+S.N.+Mukherjee&pg=PA79|title=Gender in South Asia|last2=Channa|first2=Subhadra|date=2013-09-05|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-04361-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta (IAS.)|first=G. S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=76ZIAAAAYAAJ&q=S.N.+Mukherjee|title=Free Masonry in India|date=1991|publisher=G.S. Gupta|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Court|first=India Supreme|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4M2AAAAIAAJ&q=Deputy+commissioner+S.N.+Mukherjee|title=Indian Factories & Labour Reports|date=1963|publisher=Law Publishing House.|language=en}}</ref>

===Other===

* Babu Nalini Kanta Ray, Dastidar{{clarify|date=July 2021|reason=What is a 'dastidar'?}} of Assam<ref name="Hayavando, p 26"/>


==See also==
* [[Rai (Indian)]]
* [[Rai Sahib]]
* [[Dewan Bahadur]]
* [[Nawab Bahadur (disambiguation)]]
* [[Raj Ratna]]
* [[Title Badge (India)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Titles in India]]
[[Category:Titles in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of British India]]
[[Category:Men's social titles]]
[[Category:Awards disestablished in 1947]]
[[Category:Rai Bahadurs| ]]

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