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An album of 127 group portraits and views of the Durbar to celebrate the Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra, printing-out paper prints by E.U.F. Wiele and T. Klein of Madras, typed captions on the mounts, images mounted up to four per page and back to back, images typically 210 x 285mm. or smaller, leaf bearing portraits of Edward VII and Alexandra separated, red morocco gilt, rebacked ...
Delhi Coronation Durbar. Delhi Coronation Durbar was held on 12 December 1911 before an assembly of about 80,000 select people of British India and the princely states apparently to mark the accession of King George V to the throne of Great Britain on the death of Edward VII. But the real intention behind holding the darbar in the presence of ...
21 nov. 2011 · The Coronation Durbar of King George V and Queen Mary was held in the purpose-built Coronation Park in Delhi in December 1911. The purpose of the durbar was to honour George V as the ‘king-emperor’ of India; but it was also at the durbar that he announced the transfer of the Capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi.
This is an important text containing compilation of documents associated with the Delhi Durbar of 1911. It begins with an index that includes, amongst others, names of individuals involved in the Durbar. The book contains extracts of a large number of letters, telegrams, and exchanges between different government officials regarding various matters related to the occasion. It gives the readers ...
5 mai 2023 · King George V and Queen Mary in Bombay before the Delhi durbar to mark the king’s coronation in 1911. PA Images/Alamy. The coronation ceremony Charles III is about to go through reflects how ...
Gold and silver medals were struck for each of these occasions: the Empress of India Medal for the 1877 event; and the Delhi Durbar Medal in 1903 and 1911. The gold versions were awarded to Indian rulers and the highest-ranking officials; the silver medals went to other British and Indian dignitaries and military personnel.
The Delhi Durbar (lit. "Court of Delhi") was an Indian imperial-style mass assembly organized by the British at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, it was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911, at the height of the British Empire. The 1911 Durbar was the only one that a sovereign, George V, attended ...
