List of knights grand commander of the Order of the Star of India

This is a list of knights grand commander (knights, 1861-1866) of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India from 1861 until 1947, when the order ceased to be awarded. The viceroy of India served as ex-officio Grand Master of the Order, and was automatically appointed as a knight grand commander upon taking office.

1860s

 * 1861-1866: See list of knights companion of the Order of the Star of India

1867

 * His Highness Maharajadhiraja Shri Sir Jawansinhji Gambhirsinhji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar

1869

 * His Highness Bhagwant Singh, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur

1870

 * His Highness Mahendra Singh, Maharaja of Patiala
 * The Nawab Salar Jung Bahadoor, Minister of the Hyderabad State

1871

 * His Highness Dheraj Sumbho Sing, Maharana of Oodeypore
 * His Highness Pragmuljee, Rao of Cutch

1872

 * Her Highness the Nawab Shah Jehan, Begum of Bhopal

1873

 * His Excellency Maharajah Jung Bahadoor Kunwar Ranajee
 * General Sir John Low
 * Lieutenant-General Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain

1877

 * Field-Marshal His Royal Highness George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge

1881

 * His Highness Sujjun Singh, Maharana of Udaipur

1882

 * His Highness Visakham Thirunal, Maharajah of Travancore
 * His Highness Nawab Ikbal-ud-dowlah of Oudh (Baghdad)

1884

 * His Highness Chama Rajendra Wadeir, Maharajah of Mysore

1888

 * His Highness Moolam Thirunal, Maharajah of Travancore.

1892

 * Colonel His Highness Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.

1893

 * General Frederick Sleigh, Baron Roberts of Kandahar

1895

 * His Highness Madho Rao, Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior
 * The Right Honourable George Robert Canning, Baron Harris
 * His Highness Rajarshi Shahu, Maharaj of Kolhapur
 * The Right Honourable Henry Hartley Fowler

1896

 * (Extra) The Right Honourable Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock

1897

 * His Highness Vyankatesh Raman Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Rewa.
 * Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
 * Maharaja Sir Bir Bhamsber Jang Rana Bahadur
 * Sir Antony Patrick MacDonnell
 * His Highness Lieutenant Colonel Sir Partab Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Idar
 * Lieutenant-General Richard Strachey

1898

 * His Highness Rajinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala.

1900

 * His Highness Maharao Umed Singh Bahadur, of Kotah.

1903

 * The Right Honourable George Francis Hamilton
 * His Highness Sir Shri Rama Varma, Rajarshi of Cochin
 * Colonel His Highness Priyadarsi Devanampriya Maharaj-Adhiraj Maharaja Rudra Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Singrauli

1905

 * His Excellency Maharaja Chandra Shamsher Jang, Rana Bahadur, Prime Minister of Nepal.

1906

 * His Highness Pratap Singh Bahadur, Maharaja Ju Deo of Orchha

1907

 * His Highness Sri Krishnaraja Wadiar Bahadur, Maharaja of Mysore.

1909

 * His Highness Sir Rasul Khanji Mahabbat Khanji, Nawab of Junagarh.
 * His Excellency General The Right Honourable Horatio Herbert, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum

1910

 * Her Highness Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam, Begum of Bhopal
 * His Highness Sir Sardar Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jodhpur

1911

 * Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley
 * Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick
 * Sir William Lee-Warner
 * General Sir Dighton MacNaghten Probyn
 * His Excellency Sir George Sydenham Clarke
 * The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Lawley
 * Sir John Prescott Hewett
 * Colonel His Highness Sri Sir Gunga Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Bikaner
 * His Highness Major Sir Umed Singh Bahadur, Maharao of Kotah
 * His Excellency General Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh
 * His Highness Farzand-i-Dilband Raish-ul-Itikad Daulat-i-Inglisbia Raja-i-Rajagan Raja Sir Jagatjit Singh, Bahadur Ahluwalia of Kapurthala.
 * His Highness Asafjah Muzaffer-ul-Mulk-Maamalik Nizam-ul-Mulk Nizam-ud-Daula Nawab Mir Usman Ali Khan, Bahadur Fateh Jang, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad.
 * His Highness Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan

1912

 * His Highness Amin-ud-Daula Wazir-ul-Mulk Nawab Sir Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan, Bahadur, Saulat Jang of Tonk

1916

 * His Excellency General Sir Beauchamp Duff

1917

 * His Highness Maharao Raja Sawai Sir Khengarji Bahadur Rao of Cutch.

1918

 * His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Baron Pentland
 * His Excellency Sir Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Baron Willingdon

1919

 * His Excellency General Sir Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet
 * His Highness Sir Raghubir Singh Bahadur, Maharao of Bundi
 * George Carmichael
 * Michael Ernest Sadler

1921

 * Colonel His Highness Alhijah Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglisihia, Mukhlis-ud-Daula Nasir-ul-Mulk Amir-ul-Umra Nawab Sir Hamid Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Rampur
 * Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Benares.
 * Major-General His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulet-i-Inglishia Mansur-i-Zaman Amar-ul-Umra Maharajadhiraja Rajeshwar Sri Maharaja-i-Rajagan Sir Bhupindar Singh Mahindar Bahadur, Maharaja of Patiala.

1923

 * His Highness Lieutenant-Colonel Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaja Jam Sahib

1924

 * Colonel His Highness Sewai Maharaj Shri Jey Singh, Maharaja of Alwar
 * James Lyle, Viscount Inchcape
 * General Henry Seymour, Baron Rawlinson of Trent

1925

 * The Right Honourable Victor Alexander George Robert, Earl of Lytton
 * The Right Honourable Arthur Hamilton, Viscount Lee of Fareham

1928

 * Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler

1929

 * Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel, George Joachim, Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurst
 * Lieutenant-Colonel The Right Honourable Sir Leslie Orme Wilson

1930

 * The Right Honourable Sir John Allsebrook Simon
 * Field-Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob
 * Field Marshal Sir William Riddell Birdwood

1931

 * His Highness Sir Bhupal Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Udaipur
 * Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Rajaram Chhatrapati, Maharaja of Kolhapur
 * Major-General His Highness Projjwal-Nepal Tara-Dhish Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana.

1932

 * Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Iftikhar-ul-Mulk Sikandar Saulat Haji Sir Muhammad Hamidullah Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Bhopal.
 * Sir William Malcolm Hailey
 * The Right Honourable William Robert Wellesley, Earl Peel

1933

 * Colonel His Highness Sir Hari Singh Indar Mahindar Bahadur, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.

1934

 * Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir George Frederick Stanley
 * Field-Marshal Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode
 * Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Honourable Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare

1935

 * Lieutenant-General His Highness Ojaswi Rajanya Projjwala Nepala Tara Ati Pravala Gorkha Dakshina Bahu Prithuladheesha Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana

1936

 * Lieutenant-Colonel Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraja Sir Umaid Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jodhpur

1937

 * His Highness Maharaja Shri Sir Bhagwatsinhji Sagramji, Maharaja of Gondal
 * Ranbir Singh, the Maharaja of Jind

1940

 * General Sir Robert Archibald Cassels

1941

 * Major His Highness Rukn-ud-Daula Nusrat-i-Jang, Saif-ud-Daula Hafiz-ul-Mulk Mukhlis-ud-Daula wa Muin-ud-Daula Nawab al Haj Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan, Nawab of Bahawalpur.

1946

 * Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Mukhtar-ul-Mulk, Asim-ul-Iqtidar, Rafi-ush-Shan, Wala Shikoh Mohta-Sham-i-Dauran, Umdat-ul-Umra, Maharajadhi-Raja Alijah Hisam-us-Sultanat, Sir George Jivaji Rao, Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Sri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Sir Bala Rama Varma, Maharaja of Travancore

1947

 * Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Digvijaysinhji, Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar.

1948

 * His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Edward Nye
 * His Excellency Sir Frederick John Burrows
 * Major His Highness Maharaja Sir Shahaji Chhatrapati, Maharaja of Kolhapur.
 * Lieutenant-General His Highness Saramad-i-Rajaha-i-Hindustan Raj Rajindra Sri Maharajadhiraja Sawar Sir Man Singhji, Maharaja of Jaipur.
 * Lieutenant-General His Highness Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Shiromani Shri Sir Sadul Singhji Bahadur, Maharajah of Bikaner

Honorary Knights Grand Commander

 * 1868: Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt
 * 1870: Ferdinand de Lesseps
 * 1873: Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh, Grand Vizier of Persia
 * 1875: Tewfik Pasha of Egypt
 * 1878: Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Saffet Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
 * 1879: Khudadad Khan, Khan of Kalat
 * 1885: Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan
 * 1887: Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan, Governor-General of Isfahan, Arabistan, Kurdistan, Yazd, etc.
 * 1890: Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Sultan of Zanzibar
 * 1894: Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, Sultan of Zanzibar
 * 1896: Nubar Pasha
 * 1909: Prince Auguste Louis Alberic d'Arenberg, President of the Suez Canal Company
 * 1935: Maharaja Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal
 * 1945: Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Commander-in-Chief, Nepalese Army