Delhi durbar : empire, display and the possession of history / by Swapna Liddle and Rana Safvi
By
Liddle, Swapna
Item Type
Hardcover (Book)
Serial
15504
Publisher
DAG (Delhi Art Gallery)
Description
176 pages; color illustration.
ISBN / ISSN No.
9789381217887
Subject
1. History -- Delhi empire; 2. British imperial imagination -- Delhi -- India; 3. Mughal, India.
Summay
During the period of the Raj, the British held three great ceremonial durbars in Delhi. The first, in 1877, was staged to declare Queen Victoria as Empress of India. The second, in 1903, proclaimed the succession of her son King Edward VII as King Emperor. The third, in 1911, proclaimed King George V, and on this occasion both the King and his consort, Queen Mary, attended in person, marking the first time a ruling British monarch had visited India. The pomp and ceremony of these events were on a lavish scale, to display the majesty and power of the Raj, and the loyalty of eminent Indian subjects, including Maharajas and Nawabs of the Princely States.
Keyword
Mughal and British India.
Accession No.
15504
Status
Available
Category
History
Gifted Detail
Gift