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Rai Bahadur

Rai Bahadur Roy Bahadur and Rao Bahadur, abbreviated R.B., was a title of honour bestowed during British rule in India to individuals for outstanding service or acts of public welfare to the Empire. From 1911, the title was accompanied by a medal called a Title Badge. Translated, Rai or Rao means "King", and Bahadur means "Brave". Bestowed mainly on Hindus, the equivalent title for Muslim and Parsi subjects was Khan Bahadur. For Sikhs it was Sardar Bahadur.

Selected recipients awarded the Rai/Rao Bahadur title
Zamindars • Rai Midhai Lal Saxena of MaharajGanj - Dharmpur Estate noted philanthropist, zamindar and icon of Indian RenaissanceRaja Ray Rajchandra Das Bahadur, noted Bengali philanthropist, zamindar and businessman, icon of Bengal Renaissance, Raja of Janbazar Raj. • Nalini Kanta Ray Dastidar, Zamindar of SylhetMaharaja Jagadindra Nath Moitra Roy Bahadur was a noted zamindar of Natore from Bengal. Academics and education • Pt. Sadashiva Jairam Dehadrai, Professor of Sanskrit, Jabalpur College. • Priya Nath Dutt, assistant registrar, Punjab University Activists and politicians • Ghasiram Gathwal Malik, he was the head of Gathwala Khap (Khap of Gathwala clan) and a freedom-fighter. • S. A. Saminatha Iyer, Indian independence activist. • Manik Lal Joshi, chief minister of Bundi, Rajputana • Jagan Nath Bhandari Raj Ratan, Dewan of Idar State • Lada Damodar Das, extrajudicial assistant commissioner in the Punjab • Dewan Jaggatnath, secretary to the municipal committee and district board, Dera Ismail Khan • Sahu Parsotam Saran Kothiwala, member of the district board, Moradabad • Akshey Kumar Sarkar, superintendent, Department of Commerce and Industry, Government of India Commerce and industryJamnalal Bajaj, industrialist; Bajaj later returned the title • Dewan Bahadur P. Somasundaram Chettiar, Coimbatore - industrialist and pioneer in textiles. • Jagmal Raja Chauhan (1887–1974), better known as "Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja", industrialist and railway contractor, private banker, aviation pioneer and philanthropist • Jairam Valji Chauhan (or "Chouhan"; 1892–1956), better known as "Rai Bahadur Jairam Valjee", was a Kutchi railway contractor, mill-owner, miner and philanthropist, at Jairamnagar and Raigarh • Devraj Daya of Jharsuguda — a Kutchi railway contractor, philanthropist. • Seth Sarupchand Hukamchand (1874–1959) of Indore, Holkar State, merchant–industrialist and a prominent leader of the Jain community • Hariram Goenka (1862–1935), businessman and cofounder with his brothers, including Badridas Goenka, of Goenka group of Kolkata • Badridas Goenka (1883–1973), industrialist and business tycoon; cofounder of the original Goenka Group from Kolkata, of which the RPG Group is a successor; first chairman of the State Bank of India Engineering, science and medicineKailash Chandra Bose , first knighted Indian physician. • Upendranath Brahmachari (1873–1946), Bengal-born physician and scientist. Synthesised urea stibamine, determining its effectiveness as a treatment for the disease Kala Azar • Balkishen Kaul, surgeon, lecturer, and superintendent of Lahore Medical college Law and justice • Babu Ram Sadan Bhattacharji, deputy magistrate, Bengal • Soti Raghubans Lal, subordinate judge, Shahjehanpur • Babu Bahadur Singh, honorary magistrate, Pilibhit • Satyen Nath (S.N.) Mukherjee, First Indian-origin Deputy Commissioner of Indian Police, Calcutta Other ==See also==
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