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An M.B.E., Indian Title Badge group of five awarded to Khan Bahadur Sayyid Bunyad Husain, Chief Minister of Jaora State, late Deputy Commissioner Hoshiarpur, Punjab
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; Indian Title Badge, Khan Bahadur, G.V.R., silver-gilt, ‘Khan Sahib Sayyid Bunyad Husain, 3 June 1929’, with a long length of neck ribbon, in case of issue; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these unnamed; Indian Recruiting Badge, G.V.R., bronze, silver and enamel, reverse impressed, ‘2’, short length of ribbon, generally extremely fine (5) £350-400
M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1946. ‘Chief Minister, Jaora State’.
Sayyid Bunyad Husain was awarded the Indian Recruiting Badge for his services during the Great War. Granted the title of Khan Bahadur in 1929. At the time of the Jubilee and Coronation he was Deputy Commissioner at Hoshiarpur, in the N.E. Punjab. Awarded the M.B.E. in 1946 as Chief Minister of Joara State located in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh.
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