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*''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' No 2 contains articles ''The Delhi Durbah'' by Tony Fuller, (pages 11-13), which gives the background and description of the three '''Delhi Durbahs''' held in 1878,1902 and 1911. Also ''The Delhi Durbah of 1911'' by Peter Duckers, which discusses both the Durbah and its medal roll.
*''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' No 2 contains articles ''The Delhi Durbah'' by Tony Fuller, (pages 11-13), which gives the background and description of the three '''Delhi Durbahs''' held in 1878,1902 and 1911. Also ''The Delhi Durbah of 1911'' by Peter Duckers, which discusses both the Durbah and its medal roll.
*[[:Category:Delhi Durbar images|Collection of images of Delhi Durbar held on Fibiwiki]]  
*[[:Category:Delhi Durbar images|Collection of images of Delhi Durbar held on Fibiwiki]]  
*[http://www.gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/tags/305-delhi_durbar Unique original photos of 1911 Delhi Durbar held in FIBIS Gallery]  
*[http://gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/tags/305-delhi_durbar Unique original photos of 1911 Delhi Durbar held in FIBIS Gallery]  


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8869052 "The Duke of Edinburgh in india"] ''The Mercury'' (Hobart, Tasmania) 28 June 1870. Reprinted article from Bombay March 19th
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8869052 "The Duke of Edinburgh in india"] ''The Mercury'' (Hobart, Tasmania) 28 June 1870. Reprinted article from Bombay March 19th
*Photograph: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/wcities/5536719477/in/gallery-23268776@N03-72157631880613097/ Statue of the Prince of Wales],  in Bombay. flickr.com This was probably erected as a result of the 1875-76 visit, see below
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Durbar Delhi Durbar] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Durbar Delhi Durbar] Wikipedia
*[http://yourlocaladda.com/forum/history-43/delhi-durbar-1903-a-3442/ Delhi Durbar 1903] yourlocaladda.com Includes commentary and photographs.
*Photographs: Delhi Durbar of 1903.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130430200130/http://yourlocaladda.com/forum/history-43/delhi-durbar-1903-a-3442/ Photographs: Delhi Durbar of 1903] yourlocaladda.com, archived.</ref>
*[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074369/ROBERT-HARDMAN-celebrates-greatest-earth.html The greatest show on earth: the  [1911<nowiki>]</nowiki> pageant that marked the high point of Empire] Mail Online 15 December 2011
*[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074369/ROBERT-HARDMAN-celebrates-greatest-earth.html The greatest show on earth: the  [1911<nowiki>]</nowiki> pageant that marked the high point of Empire] Mail Online 15 December 2011
*[http://www.majorpillinger.co.uk/coronation-durbar/ The Coronation Durbar – Delhi December 1911] from the website "Major Roland Pillinger", who was in the [[10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars|10th Hussars]]
*[http://www.majorpillinger.co.uk/coronation-durbar/ The Coronation Durbar – Delhi December 1911] from the website "Major Roland Pillinger", who was in the [[10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars|10th Hussars]]
*[http://www.glimpseofempire.com Details] of the book ''A Glimpse of Empire''  by  Jessica Douglas-Home, 2011, based on the diary and photographs of Lilah Wingfield who attended the 1911 Delhi Durbar. The website includes [http://www.glimpseofempire.com/photos  Slideshow of photographs by Lilah Wingfield]
*[http://www.glimpseofempire.com Details] of the book ''A Glimpse of Empire''  by  Jessica Douglas-Home, 2011, based on the diary and photographs of Lilah Wingfield who attended the 1911 Delhi Durbar. The website includes [http://www.glimpseofempire.com/photos  Slideshow of photographs by Lilah Wingfield]
**[http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/4205/full Eye-witness to the Final Crowning Glory of the Raj] by Jessica Douglas-Home standpointmag.co.uk
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20161104233759/http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/4205/full "Eye-witness to the Final Crowning Glory of the Raj"] by Jessica Douglas-Home standpointmag.co.uk, archived.
*[http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/12/remembering-delhi-durbar Remembering the Delhi Durbar: Unsung century] The Economist 12 December 2011
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111214174727/http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/12/remembering-delhi-durbar "Remembering the Delhi Durbar: Unsung century"] ''The Economist'' 12 December 2011, archived.
*[http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/11/09/at-the-1911-delhi-durbar/ At the 1911 Delhi Durbar] Wall Street Journal India Wednesday  9 November , 2011
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111110063345/http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/11/09/at-the-1911-delhi-durbar/ "At the 1911 Delhi Durbar"] ''Wall Street Journal India'' Wednesday  9 November 2011, archived.
**[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204190704577025294014629240.html?mod=WSJINDIA_hps_MIDDLELSMini#slide/1: Slideshow of 8 photographs]
*[http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/1455 Delhi Durbar 1911] Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire
*[http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/1455 Delhi Durbar 1911] Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VCpkplKUf8&feature=related The Delhi Durbar 1911] www.youtube.com.  Colour footage of the regimental marchpast at the Delhi Durbar 1911 from 'The British Empire in Colour' series, probably Program 1. The red coated unit marching past at the start is the [[66th Regiment of Foot|2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment]].<ref> ''Victorian Wars Forum'' thread dated 17 December 2011, now no longer available. <nowiki>http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6353#p25763</nowiki>. </ref>
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VCpkplKUf8&feature=related The Delhi Durbar 1911] www.youtube.com. (2:12).  Colour footage of the regimental marchpast at the Delhi Durbar 1911 from 'The British Empire in Colour' series, probably Program 1. The red coated unit marching past at the start is the [[66th Regiment of Foot|2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment]].<ref> ''Victorian Wars Forum'' thread dated 17 December 2011, now no longer available. <nowiki>http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6353#p25763</nowiki>. </ref>
*[http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=julie-codell-on-the-delhi-coronation-durbars-1877-1903-1911 "On the Delhi Coronation Durbars, 1877, 1903, 1911"] by Julie Codell BRANCH (Britain, Representation, and Nineteenth-Century History) website
:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dem7pV7Wsvs The Great Coronation of Delhi Durbar 1911] YouTube video.(19:45)
:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUZPoI9YxG8 Delhi Durbar Dawns (1912)] - filmed in Mumbai and Delhi. YouTube video.(5:00)
:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luLqbD9uGC8 Delhi Durbar (1912)] YouTube video.(10:24)
*[http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=julie-codell-on-the-delhi-coronation-durbars-1877-1903-1911 "On the Delhi Coronation Durbars, 1877, 1903, 1911"] by Julie Codell. BRANCH (Britain, Representation, and Nineteenth-Century History) website
*[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2021%20No%2017/a-footnote-on-the-centenary-of-the-coronation-durbar.html A footnote on the Centenary of the Coronation Durbar: 1911 Rupee Coins] by D. Chakravarthy, Coins of India ''Madras Musings''  Vol. XXI No. 17, December 16-31, 2011
*[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2021%20No%2017/a-footnote-on-the-centenary-of-the-coronation-durbar.html A footnote on the Centenary of the Coronation Durbar: 1911 Rupee Coins] by D. Chakravarthy, Coins of India ''Madras Musings''  Vol. XXI No. 17, December 16-31, 2011
*''The Delhi Durbar 1903: A Complete Roll and Index of Recipients'' by Peter Duckers and  Ian McInnes, was published in  2002
*''The Delhi Durbar 1903: A Complete Roll and Index of Recipients'' by Peter Duckers and  Ian McInnes, was published in  2002. ISBN 9781900734011
*''The Delhi Durbar Medal 1911 to the British Army'' compiled by Peter Duckers was published c 1999  
:''The Delhi Durbar Medal 1911 to the British Army'' compiled by Peter Duckers was published c 1999. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008137354 .
: There are medal rolls at [[The National Archives]] WO 100/399 Delhi Durbar 1903 and WO 100/400 Delhi Durbar 1911 which have been digitised and are available on the pay website Ancestry as part of the database [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1686/ UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949].
*Buildings in Calcutta lit for the Royal visit 1912. [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196739 The Writers Building], [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196741 Royal Insurance Building 1], [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196751 Royal Insurance Building 2],  [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196743 The 'new' Bengal Club, Chowringhee 1],  [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196774 The 'new' Bengal Club 2], [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196745 Ochterlony Monument (Sahid Minar)], [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196763  H Hobbs & Co, 4 Esplanade East, Kolkata] Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland
*Buildings in Calcutta lit for the Royal visit 1912. [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196739 The Writers Building], [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196741 Royal Insurance Building 1], [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196751 Royal Insurance Building 2],  [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196743 The 'new' Bengal Club, Chowringhee 1],  [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196774 The 'new' Bengal Club 2], [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196745 Ochterlony Monument (Sahid Minar)], [http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1196763  H Hobbs & Co, 4 Esplanade East, Kolkata] Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland


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====1903====  
====1903====  
* See also Fibis page [[Delhi Durbar 1903 Railway|Railways of the Delhi Durbar 1903]]
* See also Fibis page [[Delhi Durbar 1903 Railway|Railways of the Delhi Durbar 1903]]
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.82695/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Delhi Durbar 1902-03''] by Valentia Steer, Higginbotham and Co., Madras 1903  Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/thedurbar00menpiala#page/n11/mode/2up ''The Durbar'']. Illustrations by Mortimer Menpes,  text by Dorothy Menpes 1903 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/thedurbar00menpiala#page/n11/mode/2up ''The Durbar'']. Illustrations by Mortimer Menpes,  text by Dorothy Menpes 1903 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/atdelhifras00fras#page/n5/mode/2up ''At Delhi''] by Lovat Fraser 1903 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/atdelhifras00fras#page/n5/mode/2up ''At Delhi''] by Lovat Fraser 1903 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/imperialindialet00hobbiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Imperial India: letters from the East''] by John Oliver Hobbes (pseud) 1903 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/imperialindialet00hobbiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Imperial India: letters from the East''] by John Oliver Hobbes (pseud) 1903 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/IndianPeepshow_201308/page/n21/mode/2up "The Durbars"] Chapter 2, page 16 ''Indian Peepshow'' by Henry Newman 1937 Archive.org. The author was a journalist. The chapter is mainly about the 1903 Durbar.
====1906====
====1906====
The visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales, (later King George V and Queen Mary)  November 1905 to March 1906
The visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales, (later King George V and Queen Mary)  November 1905 to March 1906
*[https://archive.org/stream/throughindiawit00abbogoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''Through India with the Prince''] by G. F. Abbott. (Special correspondent of the Calcutta Statesman) 1906 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/throughindiawit00abbogoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''Through India with the Prince''] by G. F. Abbott. (Special correspondent of the Calcutta Statesman) 1906 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.143246  ''The Royal Tour in India''] by Stanley Reed 1906 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/indiaunderroyal00battgoog/page/n10/mode/2up ''India under Royal Eyes''] by H. F. Prevost Battersby (Henry Francis). 1906 Archive.org. Some chapters first appeared in the  ''Morning Post''. He appears to be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Prevost Francis Prevost] (Wikipedia) novelist and journalist.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35314/page/n1 ''References In The Press To The Visit Of Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince And Princess Of Wales To India, 1905-06''] 1907 Archive.org,  Public  Library of India Collection.  
*[https://archive.org/details/the-royal-tour-in-india-1906/page/n13/mode/2up  ''The Royal Tour in India''] by Stanley Reed 1906 Archive.org. Subsidiary title ''A Record of the Tour of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales in India and Burma, from November 1905 to March 1906''.
*  ''Souvenir Album; Descriptive Of The Indian Tour....''. Previously available Digital Library of India (handle/2015/544186). Full title: ''Souvenir Album Descriptive of the Indian Tour of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, November 1905 to March 1906'' published 1906, Madras : Higginbotham & Co. Perhaps may become available in the future.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.544186 ''Souvenir Album; Descriptive Of The Indian Tour....'']. Full title: ''Souvenir Album Descriptive of the Indian Tour of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, November 1905 to March 1906'' published 1906, Madras.  Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.274384/mode/2up ''The Royal Tour or The Travelling of their Royal Highnesses the Prince & Princess of Wales in India 1905-1906''] by Munshi Jwala Sahai 1906 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35314/page/n1 ''References In The Press To The Visit Of Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince And Princess Of Wales To India, 1905-06''] 1907 Archive.org,  Public  Library of India Collection.


====1911-1912====  
====1911-1912====  
* See also Fibis page [[Delhi Durbar 1911 Railway|Railways of the Delhi Durbar 1911-12]]
* See also Fibis page [[Delhi Durbar 1911 Railway|Railways of the Delhi Durbar 1911-12]]
* also Fibis image [https://wiki.fibis.org/w/File:Delhi_Durbar_1911._Royal_Procession.jpg Delhi Durbar 1911 - Royal Procession]
* and Fibis image [https://wiki.fibis.org/w/File:Delhi_Durbar_The_Fort.jpg Delhi Durbar of 1911 - The King's arrival at the Red Fort, Delhi]
* and Fibis map [https://wiki.fibis.org/w/File:Coronation_Durbar_Delhi_1911_Map_40%25.png Coronation Durbar 1911 Map]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/coronationdurbar030742mbp#page/n5/mode/2up ''Coronation Durbar: Delhi 1911. Official Directory''] Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/coronationdurbar030742mbp#page/n5/mode/2up ''Coronation Durbar: Delhi 1911. Official Directory''] Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/narrativeofvisit00fortuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Narrative of the visit to India of their majesties King George V and Queen Mary and of the Coronation Durbar held at Delhi 12th December, 1911''] by the Hon. John Fortescue  1912 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/narrativeofvisit00fortuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Narrative of the visit to India of their majesties King George V and Queen Mary and of the Coronation Durbar held at Delhi 12th December, 1911''] by the Hon. John Fortescue  1912 Archive.org
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[[Category:Historical Events]]
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Latest revision as of 11:36, 23 June 2023

and Royal Visits

Delhi Durbar Their Majesties at the Fort, Delhi

Also see Medals

FIBIS Resources

External links

The Great Coronation of Delhi Durbar 1911 YouTube video.(19:45)
Delhi Durbar Dawns (1912) - filmed in Mumbai and Delhi. YouTube video.(5:00)
Delhi Durbar (1912) YouTube video.(10:24)
The Delhi Durbar Medal 1911 to the British Army compiled by Peter Duckers was published c 1999. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008137354 .
There are medal rolls at The National Archives WO 100/399 Delhi Durbar 1903 and WO 100/400 Delhi Durbar 1911 which have been digitised and are available on the pay website Ancestry as part of the database UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949.

Historical books online

Delhi Durbar 1911. Royal Procession

1869-1870

The visit by Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, 2nd son of Queen Victoria, in India 26 December 1869- March 1870. He was the first member of the royal family to visit British India.

1875-1876

The visit by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII 1875-1876

1882

Part of a world cruise by Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales 1879-1882. Includes Singapore and Ceylon in 1882.

1889-1890

The visit by Prince Albert Victor (1864-1892), eldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and the grandson of Queen Victoria. who embarked on seven months tour to India in October 1889.

1903

1906

The visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales, (later King George V and Queen Mary) November 1905 to March 1906

1911-1912

1921-1922

The visit by Edward, Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor, November 17, 1921-March 7, 1922

References

  1. Photographs: Delhi Durbar of 1903 yourlocaladda.com, archived.
  2. Victorian Wars Forum thread dated 17 December 2011, now no longer available. http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6353#p25763.