Orders, decorations, and medals of British India

With the inception of Company rule in India by the East India Company in 1757, the tradition of giving medals also began. Campaign medals and awards were given to soldiers who fought in the Company's presidency armies (Bengal Army of Bengal Presidency, Madras Army of Madras Presidency and Bombay Army of Bombay Presidency). After 1895, with the formation of British Indian Army, soldiers were awarded with gallantry awards alongside Imperial Service Troops of the princely states. Awards were also bestowed upon the personnel of Royal Indian Navy and of Royal Indian Air Force with its incorporation in 1932. Indian Imperial Police were also eligible for the police honours. The company's powers were removed in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny, and the British Crown assumed direct control of India and monarch took the title of Emperor of India in 1876. During the British Raj, new medals and orders were established and were awarded for the services to the Crown and the Indian Empire by Europeans and Indians of British India and the princely states. After 1914, Indians also became eligible for British Honours. The following is a list of orders, decorations and medals related to British in India:

Orders of chivalry

 * ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg Order of the Star of India (1861–1947)
 * Order of the Indian Empire Ribbon.svg Order of the Indian Empire (1878–1947)
 * ImperialOrderCrownIndiaRibbon.svg Order of the Crown of India (1878–1947)

Order of merit

 * Order of British India Ribbon.gif Order of British India (1837–1947)

Civil medals

 * Kaisar-i-Hind Medal.gif Kaisar-i-Hind Medal (1900–1947)

Military medals

 * Lint Indische Orde van Verdienste Indian Order of Merit.jpg Indian Order of Merit (1837–1947)
 * Indian Distinguished Service Medal.png Indian Distinguished Service Medal (1907–1947)

Service medals

 * LS&GC and MSM early version ribbons.png Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (for Europeans of Indian Army) (1848–1873)
 * LS&GC and MSM early version ribbons.png Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Europeans of Indian Army) (1848–1873)
 * Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (UK) ribbon.PNG Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (for Indian Army) (1848–1873)
 * Meritorious Service Medal (UK).png Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Indian Army) (1888–1947)
 * Ribbon - Volunteer Officers' Decoration.png Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies (1894–1899)
 * Ribbon - Volunteer Long Service Medal.png Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies (1896–1930)

Police medals

 * Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service.png Indian Police Medal (1932–1950)

Commemoration medals

 * Empress of India Medal.png Empress of India Medal (1877)
 * Delhi Durbar 1903 ribbon.jpg Delhi Durbar Medal (1903)
 * King George V Coronation Medal ribbon.svg Delhi Durbar Medal (1911)

Campaign medals

 * Yellow cord suspension for early medals of the HEIC.png Monghyr Mutiny Medal (1766)
 * Yellow cord suspension for early medals of the HEIC.png Deccan Medal (1784)
 * Yellow cord suspension for early medals of the HEIC.png Mysore Medal (1793)
 * Yellow cord suspension for early medals of the HEIC.png Egypt Medal (1801)
 * Seringapatam Medal 1799.JPG Seringapatam Medal (1801)
 * Yellow cord suspension for early medals of the HEIC.png Capture of Ceylon Medal (1807)
 * Yellow cord suspension for early medals of the HEIC.png Medal for capture of Rodrigues, Isle of Bourbon and Isle of France (1811)
 * Yellow cord suspension for early medals of the HEIC.png Java Medal (1812)
 * Yellow cord suspension for early medals of the HEIC.png Nepal Medal (1816)
 * Ribbon bar, Waterloo Medal.png Burma Medal (1826)
 * Yellow cord suspension for early medals of the HEIC.png Coorg Medal (1837)
 * [[Image:Ghuznee Medal BAR.svg|75px]] Ghuznee Medal (1839)
 * Kabul to Kandahar Star ribbon.png Jellalabad Medals (1842)
 * Kabul to Kandahar Star ribbon.png Medal for the Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie (1842)
 * Kabul to Kandahar Star ribbon.png Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medal (1842)
 * China War Medal 1842 BAR.svg China War Medal (1842)
 * Kabul to Kandahar Star ribbon.png Scinde Medal (1843)
 * Kabul to Kandahar Star ribbon.png Gwalior Star (1844)
 * Sutlej Medal BAR.svg Sutlej Medal (1846)
 * Punjab Medal BAR.svg Punjab Medal (1849)
 * Army of India Medal BAR.svg Army of India Medal (1851)
 * India General Service Medal 1854 BAR.svg India General Service Medal (1854)
 * Indian Mutiny Medal BAR.svg Indian Mutiny Medal (1858)
 * Second China War Medal Ribbon.png Second China War Medal (1861)
 * Abyssinian War Medal BAR.svg Abyssinian War Medal (1869)
 * Afghanistan Medal BAR.svg Afghanistan Medal (United Kingdom) (1881)
 * Kabul to Kandahar Star ribbon.png Kabul to Kandahar Star (1881)
 * Central Africa Medal ribbon bar.png Central Africa Medal (1895)
 * India Medal BAR.svg India Medal (1896)
 * East and Central Africa Medal BAR.svg East and Central Africa Medal (1899)
 * Third China War Medal BAR.svg China War Medal (1900)
 * Tibet Medal BAR.svg Tibet Medal (1905)
 * India General Service Medal 1909 BAR.svg India General Service Medal (1909)
 * India General Service Medal (1936).png India General Service Medal (1936)
 * Ribbon India Service Medal.png India Service Medal (1946)

Battle honours

 * Mysore (1789–91)
 * Egypt (battle honour) (1801)
 * Assaye (battle honour) (1803)
 * Abyssinia (battle honour) (1868)

Titles

 * Title Badge (India)

First class

 * Title Badge (India) 1st class. Ribbon.png Nawab Bahadur / Sardar Bahadur
 * Title Badge (India) 1st class. Ribbon.png Diwan Bahadur

Second class

 * Waterloo Medal BAR.svg Khan Bahadur
 * Waterloo Medal BAR.svg Rai Bahadur / Rao Bahadur

Third class

 * Title Badge (India) 3rd class. Ribbon.jpg Khan Sahib / Sardar Sahib
 * Title Badge (India) 3rd class. Ribbon.jpg Rai Sahib / Rao Sahib