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Order of the Star of Nepal

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Country
  
Nepal

Established
  
19 November 1918

Last awarded
  
2000

Type
  
Five class Order

First awarded
  
1918

Order of the Star of Nepal

Awarded for
  
Outstanding merit both civilian and military.

The Most Refulgent Order of the Star of Nepal (Nepal Taradisha) is an award of Nepal.

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History

It was instituted by King Tribhubhan Bir Bikram Shah Dev on 19 November 1918. Attached to the order is a medal (Nepal-Tara-Padak) instituted by King Tribhuvan in 1936.

Grades

The order consists of the Sovereign, Grand Master and ordinary members. For the ordinary members there are five grades and an associated medal (Nepal Tara Padak) The order is presented for outstanding civil or military merit.:

  • Member First Class (Supradipta-Manyabara-Nepal-Tara)
  • Member Second Class (Pradipta-Manyabara-Nepal-Tara)
  • Member Third Class (Manyabara-Nepal-Tara)
  • Member Fourth Class (Manya-Nepal-Tara)
  • Member Fifth Class (Nepal-Tara)
  • Medal (Nepal-Tara-Padak)

    • Notable recipients

  • Claude Auchinleck
  • Winston Churchill
  • Bhanbhagta Gurung
  • Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
  • Tenzing Norgay
  • Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
  • Kiran Shamsher Rana
  • Pasang Lhamu Sherpa
  • Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
  • Benito Mussolini (17 July 1935)

    • References

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