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  Gongs and Gowns: Honouring Royal Women. by Rafal Heydel-Mankoo
The record for the receipt of Royal Family Orders is held jointly by HM Queen Mary and HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (wife of the Earl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada).
The Order was restricted to female members of the Royal Family and Indian Princely families as well as the families of British officials such as the Viceroy and Governor-General, Governors of Bengal, Madras or Bombay and the Principal Secretary of State for India.
Royal Family Orders and the Imperial Order of the Crown of India notwithstanding, royal orders are primarily the preserve of males—royal, aristocratic and common.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: India
India consists of eight ecclesiastical provinces, seven of which are in the peninsula and the eighth in Ceylon.
India is rich in archælogical monuments of various kinds, and presents a remarkable variety of architectural works of highest excellence, embodying the history of the past.
In the last respect the Government of India cannot be said to be partial to Christians as compared with non-Christians; since it spends large sums of State money over a number of non-Christian religious edifices and institutions in continuance and perpetuation of the practice of their predecessors in the government of the country.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07722a.htm   (12511 words)

  
 Order of the Companions of Honour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Order of the Companions of Honour is a British and Commonwealth Order (decoration).
The order confers no knighthood or other status, but recipients of this one-class order are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "CH".
The insignia of the Order consists of an oval medallion with an oak tree, a shield with the royal arms hanging from one branch, and on the left a mounted knight in armour.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Companion_of_Honour   (374 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: 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 in 1878, when she became Empress of India.
The Order was limited to British Princesses, wives or female relatives of Indian Princes, and wives or female relatives of any person who holds or held the office of:
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Order-of-the-Crown-of-India   (236 words)

  
 The Crown Council of Ethiopia
The Order of Solomon, for example, is rarely given; the same applies to the Order of Solomon’s Seal, and the Order of the Queen of Sheba.
The Order of Emperor Menelik II was founded in 1924 by the Regent, Ras Tafari Makonnen, during the reign of Empress Zauditu, and is one of the most attractive of the Imperial Orders.
The Order is primarily intended to recognise outstanding Pan-Africanists and contributors to Pan-African heritage, and ranks equally with the Order of the Menelik II in precedence.
www.ethiopiancrown.org /decorations.htm   (9211 words)

  
 Kashmir: The Crown of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Gonanda was killed in a battle along with his son in India, and at the time of the commencement of the Mahabharat war, Gonanda II was ruling Kashmir.
Most of the well to do people of the valley were summoned by the Governor to his palace, and ordered to surrender all their wealth on pain of death.
Moreover he is the only Indian ruler to have extended the frontiers of India to their natural boundary." Even Dr. Soft who is not very kind in his comments writes about him: "Gulab Singh was unquestionably a remarkable figure in the history of Northern India during the first half of the 19th Century.
www.ikashmir.org /Crown/history.html   (9370 words)

  
 Orders and decorations: History (British Empire and Commonwealth)
Originally created by Henry IV in 1399 as the senior order of knighthood, and revived by George I in 1725 with one division (military) and class, as the most important order of chivalry conferred on commoners.
The Imperial Order of the Crown of India, by Patrick Cracroft-Brennan (British Orders of Chivalry)
The Star of the Order constitutes the rank star (pip) for officers of the Household Cavalry (Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, Blues and Royals), the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, and Welsh Guards.
www.regiments.org /biography/orddec-h.htm   (1403 words)

  
 Uneasy days ahead for Nepal's crown:- - India News - Webindia123.com
Time is indeed running out for the king to restore order and tame the Maoists as he promised to do after the royal coup on Feb 1.
In fact, Nepali political leaders who fled to India in the wake of the king's action have demanded convening of a constituent assembly elected by the people to decide the future of monarchy.
India's decision to freeze military supplies, conveyed to Kathmandu on the return of Indian envoy Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, could not have come at a worse time for the king.
www.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=68573&cat=India   (938 words)

  
 Coronation
She is also Lady of the Garter, a Member of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India and a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire.
Unfortunately the reverse of the card rather ruins the fun as it says the origin of the order is unknown but it evidently came from an initiatory ceremony of bathing.
No disrespect to the Order and its intentions but what a shame to arrive at the party just as the coffee is being served.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Franklyn_Roberts/king1.htm   (1847 words)

  
 Order of Wear   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
A person appointed to the Order between 6th December 1957 and 19th June 1974, for Gallantry, and subsequently promoted in the Order, retains and wears the insignia of the lower Class with the Emblem in addition to the insignia of the higher Class whether promoted for Gallantry or otherwise.
The Indian Order of Merit (Military and Civil) is distinct from the Order of Merit instituted in 1902.
Orders instituted by The Sovereign as Head of State of the Commonwealth Country are worn in date of award.
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk /ceremonial/honours/wear.asp   (2000 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
India’s Chetan P. Baboor in action against Baggaley Andrew of England during semifinal of NTPC 15th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship at IG Stadium in New Delhi on Monday.
India’s Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Chandrasekar Gokhale and FM Rahul Shetty drew against top seeded Grandmaster Kharlov Andrei of Russia and Grandmaster Alexey Kuzmin of Russia at the inaugural round of the Dubai Open Chess Championships.
India seemed to follow the same pattern today when they lost the opening two singles matches to their Nigerian counterparts.
www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010418/sports.htm   (6426 words)

  
 Westminster Abbey - Order of Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Order of the Garter, Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle,
Lady of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Grand Master and Dame Grand
Empire, Dame Grand Cross of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John,
westminster-abbey.org /services/special/orderofservice/060402_pg13.htm   (180 words)

  
 Freeindiamedia.com, Express your impartial, radical, grassroot views on current issues.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The funeral was the culmination of a carefully choreographed 10-day programme, in which the nation was force fed a constant diet of royal grandeur and militarism-canons, carriages, archers, trumpeters, bagpipes, royal beefeaters and all manner of archaic, ridiculous and generally concocted traditions.
In a mawkish 20-minute ceremony the evening before the funeral, the Queen Mother's four grandsons stood solemnly at either corner of the catafalque as it lay in state at Westminster Hall while a queue of tourists and royal watchers filed past to gawp.
Her husband, Albert, the Duke of York, was crowned as George VI on May 12, 1937, to lend an illusion of stability and continuity by making a direct association with the reign of his father, George V. Having preserved the monarchy once, her death might just save it again, they opined.
www.freeindiamedia.com /britain/britain-1-fim.htm   (1397 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
In order to form a legal framework for the activities of nations on the continent, an Antarctic Treaty was negotiated that neither denies nor gives recognition to existing territorial claims; signed in 1959, it entered into force in 1961.
Fundamental concerns in India include the ongoing dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, massive overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious strife, all this despite impressive gains in economic investment and output.
The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved.
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html   (15472 words)

  
 Queen Elizabeth II (1926- )
Sovereign of the Order of the National Hero, the Order of Jamaica, the Order of Merit and the Order of Distinction (Jamaica)
Order of the National Hero, the Order of Belize and the Order of Distinction (Belize)
Knight with Collar, the Order of the House of Chakri (Thailand)
www.regiments.org /biography/royals/1926eliz.htm   (1028 words)

  
 CBC News: Crown says Air India witness was too afraid to testify   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Crown says Air India witness was too afraid to testify
VANCOUVER - The Crown's final arguments in the Air India case are focusing on statements made by the trial's most reluctant witness, a woman who is said to have had a close personal relationship with one of the accused bombers, Ajaib Singh Bagri.
According to the Crown, the woman told an agent of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service that Bagri turned up at her Vancouver home on the eve of the 1985 Air India bombings and asked to borrow her car to take suitcases to the airport.
www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2004/11/26/airindia041125.html   (379 words)

  
 Essenes, Essenic Studies, Gospel of the Holy Twelve, Essene history & more.
Reincarnation is the re-cycling of the essence of the spirit into different physical forms in order to grow and extend the self beyond the present state of self.
This unusual life-document is one of the most revealing of the depths of the Hindu mind and heart, and of the spiritual wealth of India, ever to be published in the West.
In 725 the Emperor Leo III ordered the removal of all religious icons from churches and monasteries.
www.thenazareneway.com /index.htm   (5323 words)

  
 Articles - British honours system   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The members of this semi-official order can wear the Order's insignia, but are not entitled to use official titles or post-nominal letters.
For knights, the style Sir John Smith, [ postnominals ] is used, attaching the proper postnominal letters depending on rank and order (for knights bachelor, no postnominal letters are used).
Recipients of orders, decorations and medals receive no styling of Sir or Dame, but they may attach the according postnominal letters to their name, e.g.
lastring.com /articles/British_honours_system?...   (1865 words)

  
 PART - Online Information article about PART
European word, which in India, also, denotes the gods—deva—should be applied by the Iranians to the See also:
scene of his activity was laid in cow in India and Persia.
physical speculation, as in India, but rather the ethical forces which dominate human life.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAI_PAS/PART.html   (5857 words)

  
 PGATOUR.com - Order of Merit crown up for grabs at Volvo Masters of Asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The $550,000 Volvo Masters of Asia boasts one of the strongest fields yet on this season's Asian Tour, with Thai star Thongchai Jaidee poised to face a stern challenge in his title defence.
The Volvo Masters of Asia, the forerunner to the Volvo Masters of Malaysia, is exclusive to the top-60 players on the Order of Merit and will include two amateurs each from Malaysia and Thailand.
The continued rise of Asian golf has seen a new generation of upcoming stars emerging and the likes of India's Rahil Gangjee and Angelo Que of the Philippines are all poised to challenge for honours.
www.pgatour.com /story/7972818   (932 words)

  
 British Commonwealth -- Recommendations and Resources
Some work needs to be done consolidating the lists, however the difficulty is that each country relates the precedence of its honours in relation to the UK only, and sometimes incompletely, e.g.
The fact of the matter is that there is really concept of Commonwealth orders and decorations other than the Victoria Cross.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath instead of GCB KCB CB, The Order of Canada instead of CC OC CM) and major decorations (e.g.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/23/british-commonwealth.html   (892 words)

  
 Queen Victoria 1887 by Lafayette   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Orders, Decorations and Medals: Sash and breast star of the Order of the Garter; the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert (1st class); The Royal Red Cross; The Imperial Order of the Crown of India.
Jewellery: Small diamond crown, Garrard and Co., 1870; double bar diamond brooch; drop pearl earrings, 1847; diamond and pearl brooch with drop pearls; chain bracelet with pendant heart-shaped lockets containing family souvenirs.
Orders, Decorations, and Medals : (Order of the Garter), Leslie Field, The Queen's Jewels, London, 1987, p 182-3; (Orders of the Crown of India and The Royal Red Cross) Burke's Peerage; (Order of Victoria and Albert) Shirley Bury, Jewellery 1789-1910: The International Era, Vol I, London, 1991, p 222.
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 ODM of the United Kingdom: Order of the Crown of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
ODM of the United Kingdom: Order of the Crown of India
United Kingdom: The Imperial Order of the Crown of India
Awarded: Royal ladies and ladies connected with the Government of India (usually the wives of Viceroys, Governors or Indian Princes, etc.).
www.medals.org.uk /united-kingdom/united-kingdom017.htm   (42 words)

  
 Orders and Decorations of the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Imperial Order of the Crown of India (CI) (1878-1947)
Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) (1917)
All orders and medals which became obsolete before 1914 have been moved to a separate section.
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 Order of the Crown Commander gold, fine quality in fitted embossed case of issue wi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Order of the Crown Commander gold, fine quality in fitted embossed case of issue wi
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 Uneasy days ahead for Nepal's crown- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Uneasy days ahead for Nepal's crown- The Times of India
NEW DELHI: Growing international pressure, the regrouping of democratic forces and renewed protests and blockades by Maoist insurgents have imperilled the survival of the institution of monarchy in Nepal.
"If the king continues to ignore the advice from all sides to restore democracy soon, the situation is going to get more complicated with serious consequences for the future of the monarchy," Krishna V Rajan, a former ambassador of India to Nepal (1995-2000), said.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1029358.cms   (322 words)

  
 MoJo Java Coffee Roasters Westhope North Dakota   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
We are the first and only coffee company in North Dakota to be certified ORGANIC by the state of North Dakota!
If there is a specific country of origin coffee that you would like to try, let us know and we can order it and roast it for you.
Our coffee is roasted and shipped via priority mail within hours of your order to ensure the freshest product to you.
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 washingtonpost.com: Britons Bid Farewell to Queen Mother
LONDON, April 9 -- To the blare of bugles and the sad skirl of bagpipes, Great Britain bid farewell today to the nation’s favorite centenarian as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was laid to rest amid ancient ritual and military pageantry.
More than a million people lined the streets of a hushed, solemn London as the mother of Queen Elizabeth II was carried – in an ornate coffin topped with her crown and the 106-carat Koh-I-Noor diamond – from the ceremonial funeral service at Westminster Abbey to the royal vault at Windsor Castle, west of London.
There the Queen Mother will rest beside her husband, King George VI.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A18207-2002Apr9?language=printer   (879 words)

  
 The Crown of India in Crawley - restaurant information.
The Crown of India in Crawley - restaurant information.
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