Vishwamitran order of precedence (orders and decorations)

Not to be confused with Vishwamitran order of precedence.

The Rashtradhyaksh has, at irregular intervals, notified for general information the positioning of the wearing of Vishwamitran orders, decorations and medals through various communiqués and notifications. The Order of Wearing of Vishwamitran Honours and Awards was first published in August 2022.

Order of wearing

Order of wearing decorations and awards within the Vishwamitran honours system.

Honours and awards listed include:

• those within the Vishwamitran honours system conferred by the Rashtradhyaksh;
• those conferred by Their Majesties The Rajpramukhs of the states under royal command;
• those conferred by The Sovereign in recommendation from the territorial administrators;
• foreign awards, the acceptance and wearing of which have been authorised by the Rashtradhyaksh.

Note that awards of the Republic of India are considered as foreign and should be worn accordingly.

Current order of wearing

The current order of wearing of the honours was determined on 4 January 2023 by the Rashtradhyaksh through a general notification.

  Light green denotes orders, decorations, and medals that are not open for nomination application.

Precedence and post-nominals

Order	Ribbon	Grade and name	Native name	Post-nom	Notes
1		Collar of the Most Esteemed Supreme Order of the Hibiscus	Darjah Sri Utama Javakusuma	S.U.K.	Left shoulder
2		Grand Cordon of the Most Esteemed Supreme Order of the Hibiscus	Darjah Utama Javakusuma	D.U.K.	Left shoulder
3 (P1)		Supreme Grand Companion of the Order of the Royal House of Sriraya	Darjah Utama Rajavansh Sriraya	D.K.S.	Left shoulder
3 (P2)		Grand Companion of the Order of the Royal House of Sriraya	Darjah Prathama Rajavansh Sriraya	D.P.S.	Left shoulder
3 (P3)		Grand Knight/Dame of the Royal Family Order of Purvanchal	Darjah Utama Rajkutumbha Purvanchal	D.K. I	Left shoulder
3		Member 1st Class of the Royal Family Order of Beltola	Darjah Prathama Rajkutumbha Beltola	D.K. I	Left shoulder
3		Grand Knight/Dame of the Royal Family Order of Uttaranchal	Darjah Rajakutumbha Uttaranchal	D.K.	Left shoulder
3		Member of the Royal Family Order of Madhya Prant	Darjah Rajakutumbha Madhya Prant	D.K.	Left shoulder
3		Knight/Dame of the Order of the Royal Family of Kamrupa	Darjah Utama Rajkutumbha Kamrupa	D.K. I	Left shoulder
3		Member of the Family Order of Basistha	Darjah Kutumbha Basistha	D.K.	Left shoulder
4		Grand Cordon of the Order of the Foxtail Orchid	Darjah Kapou Orkhid	D.K.O.	Left shoulder
5		Grand Commander of the Royal Family Order of Purvanchal	Darjah Prathama Rajkutumbha Purvanchal	D.K. II	Left shoulder
5		Member 2nd Class of the Royal Family Order of Beltola	Darjah Dwitiya Rajkutumbha Beltola	D.K. II	Left shoulder
5		Member of the Order of the Royal Family of Kamrupa	Darjah Prathama Rajkutumbha Kamrupa	D.K. II	Left shoulder
5		Member of the Order of Basistha	Darjah Basistha	D.B.
6		Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Vishwamitra	Darjah Sri Utama Mukut Vishwamitra	S.U.M.V.
7		Grand Cordon of the Royal Vishwamitran Order of Merit	Darjah Sri Utama Vishwamitra Bhakti	S.U.V.B.
8		Grand Companion of the Order of Sahamitra	Sri Utama Sahamitra	S.S.M.
9		Royal Vishwamitran Chain		-
10		Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Purvanchal	Darjah Sri Utama Mukut Purvanchal	S.U.M.P.
10		Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Beltola	Darjah Utama Bhakti Mukut Beltola	D.U.B.M.
10		Grand Knight/Dame of the Order of Uttaranchal	Darjah Sri Utama Uttaranchal	D.S.U.U.
10		Knight/Dame Grand Companion of the Order of the Crown of Madhya Prant	Darjah Sri Utama Mukut Madhya Prant	S.U.M.M.
10		Commander Grand Cross of the Premier and Exalted Order of Kamrupa	Darjah Sri Utama Kamrupa	D.S.U.K.
10		Grand Companion of the Order of Merit of Basistha	Darjah Sri Utama Bhakti Basistha	S.U.B.B.
11		Grand Companion of the Order of the Maharaja Varuna Sriraya	Darjah Utama Maharaja Varuna Sriraya	D.U.V.S.
11		Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the State of Kamrupa	Darjah Sri Utama Rajya Kamrupa	S.U.R.K.
12		Commander First Class of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Beltola	Darjah Prathama Bhakti Mukut Beltola	D.P.B.M.
12		Knight/Dame Companion of the Order of the Crown of Madhya Prant	Darjah Utama Mukut Madhya Prant	D.U.M.M.
-		Member of the Order of Loyalty and Faithful Service
-		Grand Collar/Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Varuna
13		Grand Companion of the Order of the Territorial Crown	Sri Utama Nagara Mukuta	S.U.N.M.
14		Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Vishwamitra	Darjah Sri Prathama Mukut Vishwamitra	S.P.M.V.
15		Commander 1st Class of the Royal Vishwamitran Order of Merit	Darjah Sri Prathama Vishwamitra Bhakti	S.P.V.B.
16		Great Companion of the Order of Sahamitra	Sri Prathama Sahamitra	S.P.M.
17		Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Purvanchal	Darjah Sri Utama Mukut Purvanchal	D.U.M.P.
17		Grand Commander of the Order of Uttaranchal	Darjah Sri Prathama Uttaranchal	D.P.U.U.
17		Commander Grand Knight/Dame of the Premier and Exalted Order of Kamrupa	Darjah Utama Kamrupa	D.P.U.K.
18		Companion of the Order of the Maharaja Varuna Sriraya	Darjah Prathama Maharaja Varuna Sriraya	D.P.V.S.
18		Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the State of Kamrupa	Darjah Utama Rajya Kamrupa	D.U.R.K.
19		Commander of the Order of the Crown of Vishwamitra	Darjah Utama Mukut Vishwamitra	D.U.M.V.
20		Commander of the Royal Vishwamitran Order of Merit	Darjah Utama Vishwamitra Bhakti	D.U.V.B.
21		Companion of the Order of Sahamitra	Prathama Sahamitra	P.S.M.
22		Commander of the Order of the Crown of Purvanchal	Darjah Prathama Mukut Purvanchal	D.P.M.P.
22		Commander of the Order of Uttaranchal	Darjah Utama Uttaranchal	D.U.U.
22		Companion of the Order of the Crown of Madhya Prant	Darjah Prathama Mukut Madhya Prant	D.P.M.M.
22		Commander of the Premier and Exalted Order of Kamrupa	Darjah Prathama Kamrupa	D.P.P.K.
22		Companion of the Order of Merit of Basistha	Darjah Utama Bhakti Basistha	D.U.B.B.
23		Commander of the Order of the State of Kamrupa	Darjah Prathama Rajya Kamrupa	D.P.R.K.
24		Companion of the Order of the Territorial Crown	Utama Nagara Mukuta	D.U.N.M.
25		Officer of the Order of the Crown of Vishwamitra	Darjah Prathama Mukut Vishwamitra	D.P.M.V.
26		Member 1st Class of the Royal Vishwamitran Order of Merit	Darjah Prathama Vishwamitra Bhakti	D.P.V.B.
27		Officer of the Order of Uttaranchal	Darjah Prathama Uttaranchal	D.P.U.
28		Member of the Order of the Crown of Vishwamitra	Darjah Sadasya Mukut Vishwamitra	D.S.M.V.
29		Member of the Royal Vishwamitran Order of Merit	Darjah Sadasya Vishwamitra Bhakti	D.S.V.B.
30		Member of the Order of the Crown of Purvanchal	Darjah Sadasya Mukut Purvanchal	D.S.M.P.
30		Member of the Order of Uttaranchal	Darjah Sadasya Uttaranchal	D.S.U.
30		Member of the Order of the Crown of Madhya Prant	Darjah Sadasya Mukut Madhya Prant	D.S.M.M.
30		Member of the Order of Merit of Basistha	Darjah Sadasya Bhakti Basistha	D.S.B.B.
31		Member of the Order of the State of Kamrupa	Darjah Sadasya Rajya Kamrupa	D.S.R.K.
32		Member of the Order of the Territorial Crown	Sadasya Nagara Mukuta	D.S.N.M.
33		1st Class of the Distinguished and Long Service Medal	Sri Utama Vishisth-saha-Dirgh Seva Padak	S.U.D.S.
34		2nd Class of the Distinguished and Long Service Medal	Sri Prathama Vishisth-saha-Dirgh Seva Padak	S.P.D.S.
35		3rd Class of the Distinguished and Long Service Medal	Utama Vishisth-saha-Dirgh Seva Padak	U.V.D.S.
36		4th Class of the Distinguished and Long Service Medal	Prathama Vishisth-saha-Dirgh Seva Padak	P.V.D.S.
37		Tanishkaa Patranabish Medal for Excellence	Tanishkaa Patranabish Utkrishthata Padak	T.P.U.P.
38		National Service Medal	Rashtriya Seva Padak	R.S.P.
39		Royal Service Medal	Raja Seva Padak	P.R.S.
40		Civil Service Medal	Civil Seva Padak	C.S.P.
41		Commemorative Medal of the 20th Birthday of the First Prime Minister
42		Commemorative Medal of the First Anniversary of the Vishwamitran Monarchy
43		Commemorative Medal of the Crystal Jubilee of the Foundation of Vishwamitra
44		Commemorative Medal of the 21st Birthday of Rashtradhyaksh Varuna Sriraya
45		Foreign honours from recognized states in order of reception

See also

• Vishwamitran order of precedence
• Orders, decorations, and medals of Vishwamitra
• Orders, decorations, and medals of the Vishwamitran states and territories
• List of honours of Vishwamitra awarded to heads of state and royalty

Notes

1. The Royal Family Orders of the various royal houses of the states of Vishwamitra shall take precedence immediately after the Federal Royal Family Order. The royal family orders of states shall take precedence among themselves in the order of seniority of states. Members of the royal houses who are recipients of the state royal family orders pay first preference to those of their respective state and then others by the order of seniority.

2. The Royal Vishwamitran Chain precedes all grades of the Order of the Vishwamitra.