Order of the Star of India
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The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:
The flag of the Viceroy of India displayed the Star of the Order beneath the Tudor Crown.
George V investing an Indian Prince with The Star of India, 14th December, 1911 by William Barnes Wollen
Insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order.
Investiture of the Star of India, Delhi (detail), by George Jacomb-Hood. King George V is depicted awarding the GCSI to Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, at the 1911 Delhi Durbar
Governor-General of India
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The governor-general of India was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the emperor or empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative
Warren Hastings, the first governor-general of Fort William from 1773 to 1785.
Lord Curzon in his robes as viceroy of India, a post he held from 1899 to 1905.
Lord Mountbatten addressing the Chamber of Princes as Crown Representative in the 1940s
The Viceregal Lodge in Simla, built in 1888, was the summer residence of the viceroy of India