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Seth Rai Bhadur Kishinchand Asrani:

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His
Story

Seth Rai Sahib Kishan Chand Asrani was a magistrate in the British Government and fought in the 1st World War. He died in the 1935 Quetta Earthquake. 

He was known to be a jovial man, fair and handsome and often was mistaken as an Italian. They had an anglicized lifestyle. He was forward thinking, believed in educating his children and doted on his daughter in law and hired a tutor to teach her English and European etiquette. He is dressed in his military uniform with the Pashtun turban and his medals. He spoke several languages: Pashtun, Punjab, Sindhi, Hindi, English and Seraiki. He was a Shikarpuri and owned a house and land in Shikarpur. He lived in Quetta and had many houses there. There is a lane names after him, Kishanchand Lane. He was magistrate and arbitrated cases from home. His home had fruit orchards in the gardens. He had taken vacations to Europe twice. As told by his granddaughter Shakuntala Asrani Pandit.

King George V—Queen Mary—For the Delhi Durbar 1911:

Delhi Durbar medals instituted by UK to commemorate [a stamp/medal to mark a certain event] the Delhi durbar where the new emperor of India was proclaimed in 1903 for Edward VII and in 1911 for George V.

  1. Observe- conjoined, crowned, draped busts of George V and Queen Mary with branches of Rose and Laurel.

  2. Reserve- [Translation] Court of George; Emperor of India; master of British land. 

  3. Silver medals- 3.9 cm

  4. Type- Commemoration Medal

  5. Awarded for- Participation in Durbar or borer service to the Indian Empire. 

  6. Presented by- The United Kingdom

  7. Established 1911

  8. Total Medals-200 gold [for high rank officials] and 26,8000 silver for government officials.

Afghanistan N.W.F 1919- India General Service Medal 1909 Awared to Seth Rai Bhadur Kishanchand Asrani

It was a campaign medal approved on 1st Jan for issue to officers and men of the British and Indian armies. From 1919 it was also warded to officers and men of Royal air force during the First World War. 

  1. Silver or bronze disk, 36mm diameter. 

  2. Presented by- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland  

  3. Established-1909

  4. ribbon - 32mm, Green with broad blue central stripe. 

  5. The observe design bears-The bust of King George V, crowned. 

  6. Award criteria- They were required to have either entered an active theatre of war or have left UK for service overseas. 

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British War Medal [1914-1918] Awarded to Seth Rai Bhadur Kishanchand Asrani

Awarded to the officers and men of British and imperial forces for service in the first World War.

Two versions of the medals were produced. About 6.5 million in Silver and 1,10,000 in Bronze. 

These were also awarded to Chinese, Maltese, and Indian labor corps. 

  1. Presented by-UK and the British dominions and Emperor of India.

  2. Total Medals- 65,00,000 in Silver and 1,10,000 in Bronze 

  3. Observe the side of the medal- Sir Bertram Nackennal bareheaded.

  4. Reverse side- Saint George naked open horseback and armed with a short sword, which achieved victory over Prussians. 

  5. The horse tramples on a Prussian eagle shield, a skull and cross bones 

  6. In the background are ocean waves and in the upper right is risen sun of victory.

  7. Ribbon- the silk ribbon is 32mm wide, with a 3mm wide royal blue band, a 2 mm wide black band repeated in reverse order and separated by a 16mm wide orange band. 

  8. The colors don’t have any symbolic significance. 

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