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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.
The main event of the Delhi Durbar was the Coronation ceremony on 1 st January 1903. For this, an amphitheatre was set up. It was divided into different blocks from A-Y. Seats were predetermined and allotted to the various guests of the Durbar on the basis of hierarchy.
The decision to hold the Coronation Durbars in Delhi at the vast open ground at Coronation Park was a move to emphasise the historical significance of Delhi as the former capital of the Mughal Empire. [1] [2] [3] [4] Coronation Park has the largest and tallest statue of King George V.
1 de nov. de 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.
Also known as the Imperial Durbar, the Delhi Durbar (translates to “the court of Delhi”) was a huge mass assembly organized at the Coronation Park, Delhi, India, by the British. This was done in an Indian Imperial style to mark and celebrate the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India.
14 de ene. de 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 ...
Coronation, Colonialism and Cultures of Control: The Delhi Durbar, 1911. In: Communications, Media and the Imperial Experience. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137445964_2
