Kaiser-i-Hind (disambiguation)
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Kaiser-i-Hind may mean different things, including the following:
- Kaisar-i-Hind (sometimes misspelt as Kaiser-i-Hind), meaning "Emperor of India". Originally derived from German title KaiserKaiserKaiser is the German title meaning "Emperor", with Kaiserin being the female equivalent, "Empress". Like the Russian Czar it is directly derived from the Latin Emperors' title of Caesar, which in turn is derived from the personal name of a branch of the gens Julia, to which Gaius Julius Caesar,...
, or Qaisar in some other oriental languages (e.g. in HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
), or Kaisar in UrduUrduUrdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
. Based upon this, the title Kaisar-i-HindKaisar-i-HindThe Kaisar-i-Hind was a medal awarded by the British monarch between 1900 and 1947, to civilians of any nationality who rendered distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj....
was coined in 1876 by the orientalist G.W. LeitnerGottlieb Wilhelm LeitnerGottlieb Wilhelm Leitner or Gottlieb William Leitner M.A.,Ph.D.,L.L.D.,D.O.L. was an Anglo-Hungarian orientalist.-Early life and education:...
as the official imperial title for the British monarch in India. The last ruler to bear it was George VI, Qaiser e Hind, "Emperor of IndiaEmperor of IndiaEmperor/Empress of India was used as a title by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II, and revived by the colonial British monarchs during the British Raj in India....
" (in Hindi and Urdu). - Kaisar-i-HindKaisar-i-HindThe Kaisar-i-Hind was a medal awarded by the British monarch between 1900 and 1947, to civilians of any nationality who rendered distinguished service in the advancement of the interests of the British Raj....
, a civilian award of the British RajBritish RajBritish Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion... - Kaiser-I-Hind (newspaper), a newspaper founded in 1882 in Bombay
- Kaiser-i-Hind (steam-powered ship) The ship that transported members of the Australian Flying Corps to Australia after World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. - Teinopalpus imperialisTeinopalpus imperialisThe Kaiser-i-Hind is a rare species of swallowtail butterfly found from Nepal and north India east to north Vietnam. The common name literally means "Emperor of India". The Kaiser-i-hind is much sought after by butterfly collectors for its beauty and rarity...
, a swallowtail butterfly commonly known as the Kaiser-i-Hind