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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.
Coronation Park is a park located at Burari Road near Nirankari Sarovar ( Formless Lake) in Delhi, India. It was the venue of the Delhi Durbar of 1877 when Queen Victoria was proclaimed the Empress of India. Later it was used to celebrate the accession of King Edward VII in 1903, and, finally, it was here that the Durbar ...
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The Delhi Durbars were grand events organised by the Viceroys to mark the coronations of Emperors or Empresses. Hence, these were also known as the Coronation Durbars. Durbar which means a ‘court of a ruler’ in Persian was adopted by the British from the Mughals. The idea was to come across to the people of India as the’ heirs of the ...
14 gen 2024 · Enter the era of the so-called Delhi Durbars, the massive royal ceremonies held in 1877, 1903, and 1911 in Delhi’s Coronation Park by the imperial government. Alan Trevithick, in a special issue of Modern Asian Studies on civil ritual in India , argues that these “three great Durbars, royal assemblages… were explicitly ...
17 dic 2020 · By The Heritage Lab. The Delhi Durbar of 1911 represents a significant moment in Indian history. Hosted on December 12, 1911 it was the third (and last) of a series of formal coronation events held by the British Raj in India.
1 nov 2017 · In Delhi’s Coronation Park on January 1, 1877, the British monarch Queen Victoria (1837-1901) assumed a new title: Qaisar-i Hind, the Empress of India. Victoria’s proclamation was the central event of the jalsah-i qaisari , a massive imperial assemblage otherwise known in English as the Delhi Durbar.
3 mag 2023 · The 21-metre (69-foot) tall sandstone obelisk stands at the exact site where the 1911 Coronation Durbar was held [Md Meharban/Al Jazeera]
