Delhi Durbar

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. The term was derived from the common Persian term durbar.

A view of the Durbar Procession of 1903

King George V and Queen Mary at the Delhi Durbar 1911

Elephant Carriage of the Maharaja of Rewa, Delhi Durbar of 1903.

Interior of the Victoria Memorial, Kolkata (the inscription is to the right of the statue).

Durbar of 1911 in the amphitheater created for the event

Commemorative Obelisk at Coronation Park, Delhi, erected at the exact place where King George V and Queen Mary sat in 'Delhi Durbar' of 1911 while declaring the shifting of capital of British Raj from Calcutta to Delhi

Malik Umar Hayat Khan serving as Assistant Delhi Herald Extraordinary in 1911.

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At Delhi (An account of the Delhi Durbar, 1903)

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Imperial India; letters from the East (Delhi Durbar)

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Coronation Durbar Delhi 1911: Official Directory with Maps

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Supplement to Who's Who in India – Containing lives and photographs of the recipients of honours on 12th December 1911

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The Coronation Durbar of 1911, film from BFI archives

Archived 26 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine

Great Coronation Durbar, DELHI video newsreel film

at Internet Movie Database

Cornation Durbar films

on YouTube

"Delhi Durbar" – 1903 – The Coronation of King Edward VII as Emperor of India – Robert W Paul – Documentary

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