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Order of the Crown of India

The Imperial Order of the Crown of India is an order in the British honours system. The Order was established by Queen Victoria when she became Empress of India in 1878. The Order was open to only women, and no appointments have been made since the Partition of India in 1947. The Order was limited to British princesses, female Indian rulers, wives or female relatives of Indian princes, and the wife or female relatives of any person who held the office of:Viceroy of India Governor of Madras Governor of Bombay Governor of Bengal Commander-in-Chief India Secretary of State for India Governor-General of India

History
The Order of the Crown of India was established by Queen Victoria in 1878 as a companion order to the Order of Victoria and Albert. The order was intended to recognize women associated with India regardless of their social statuses. In practice, the Order of the Crown of India was mostly conferred on royalty, wives of peers, wives of members of India's ruling classes and wives of civil servants stationed in India. It is one of the honours reserved for women only, such as the Royal Red Cross, Order of Victoria and Albert and the Royal Family Orders. Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, and her sister, Princess Margaret, were appointed to the Order by their father, King George VI, in June 1947, before the British Raj was dissolved three months later, making them among the last women to be presented with the Order. By the late 20th century there were only four living recipients – Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, who was the last ordinary member at the time of her death in 2004. With the death of the last surviving holder, Queen Elizabeth II, the last active imperial Indian order became Inactive in 2022. ==Description==
Description
The members of the Order could use the post-nominal letters "CI", but did not acquire any special precedence or status due to it. Furthermore, they were entitled to wear the badge of the Order, which included Queen Victoria's Imperial Cypher, VRI (Victoria Regina Imperatrix). The letters were set in diamonds, pearls, and turquoises, and were together surrounded by a border of pearls surmounted by a figure of the Imperial Crown. The badge was normally worn attached to a light blue bow, edged in white, on the left shoulder. Recipients entitled to other medals wore the Order’s badge mounted on their medal groups. ==Recipients==
Recipients
of Travancore wearing the badge and ribbon of the order 1878–1900 • 1878: Alexandra, Princess of Wales • 1879: Lady Frances Cunynghame • 1881: Mrs William Patrick Adam (Emily Adam, widow of William Patrick Adam, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1880–1881) • 1889: Princess Victoria Mary of Teck • 1891: Lady Wenlock (Constance Mary Lawley, wife of Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock, Governor of the Presidency of Madras 1891–1896) • 1892: Maharanee Chimnabai Sahib Gaekwad of Baroda (wife of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III) • 1892: Lady Nandkuverbai Bhagvatsinh Jadeja, Rani Sahib of Gondal • 1893: Marie, Crown Princess of Romania • 1893: Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha • 1900: Marina Katherine Stewart, Lady Stewart (widow of General Sir Donald Stewart, 1st Baronet, Commander-in-Chief, India 1881–1885) • 1900: Amelia Maria White, Lady White (wife of General Sir George White, Commander-in-Chief, India 1893–1898) • 1910: Winifred Hardinge, Baroness Hardinge of Penshurst (wife of Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India, 1910–1916) • 1911: Princess Patricia of Connaught (Coronation of George V) • 1911: Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (Coronation of George V) • 1911: Margaret Primrose, Marchioness of Crewe (wife of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, Secretary of State for India, 1910–1911) • 1911: Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal • 1911: Maharani Sri Nundkanvarba of Bhavnagar • 1911: Princesse de Durgam des Trois Couronnes, Rani Muniamma Pari of Nungambakkam (wife of Prince de Durgam des Trois Couronnes, Raja Munuswami Pillai Pari of Nungambakkam ) • 1916: Frances Thesiger, Viscountess Chelmsford (wife of Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Viceroy of India, 1916–1921) • 1917: Marie Freeman-Thomas, Baroness Willingdon (wife of Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Baron Willingdon, later Marquess of Willingdon, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, 1913–1918; Governor of the Presidency of Madras, 1919–1924; Viceroy of India, 1931–1936) • 1918: Maji Sahiba Girraj Kuar, Maharani of Bharatpur, Regent of Bharatpur, 1900–1918 • 1919: The Princess Mary of the United Kingdom • 1921: Alice Isaacs, Countess of Reading, Vicereine of India • 1926: Dorothy Wood, Lady Irwin (wife of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Baron Irwin, later Earl of Halifax, Viceroy of India, 1926–1931) • 1927: Pamela Frances Audrey Chichele-Plowden, Countess of Lytton (wife of Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India, 1925–1926) • 1928: Shrimati Chinkuraja Scindia, Senior Maharani of Gwalior • 1929: Puradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, Regent Maharani of Travancore • 1930: Margaret Evelyn, Viscountess Goschen (wife of George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen, Governor of Madras 1924-29) • 1930: Lady Birdwood (wife of William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, Commander-in-Chief, India 1925–1930) • 1931: Elizabeth, Duchess of York • 1932: Begum Mariam Sultana, Lady Ali Shah (widow of Aga Khan II) • 1935: Maharani Bhatianiji Sri Ajab Kanwarji Sahib, of Bikaner • 1935: Lady Beatrix Taylour Stanley • 1937: Alice, Duchess of Gloucester • 1937: Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent • 1937: Doreen Knatchbull, Lady Brabourne • 1943: Eugenie Marie Quirk, Viscountess Wavell (wife of Archibald Wavell, Viscount Wavell, later Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India, 1943–1947) • 1945: Mrs Leopold Stennett Amery (Florence Amery, wife of Leopold Stennett Amery, war-time Secretary of State for India, 1940–1945) • 1946: Maharani Tara Devi of Jammu and Kashmir • 1947: Edwina, Viscountess Mountbatten of Burma, Vicereine of India • 1947: The Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom • 1947: The Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom == Sources ==
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