Delhi Durbar

and Royal Visits

Delhi Durbar Their Majesties at the Fort, Delhi

Also see Medals

FIBIS Resources

• 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.
• Collection of images of Delhi Durbar held on Fibiwiki
• Unique original photos of 1911 Delhi Durbar held in FIBIS Gallery

External links

• Delhi Durbar Wikipedia
• Thread from treefrogtreasures.com includes a list of books about the 1903 Delhi Durbar
• Delhi Durbar 1903 yourlocaladda.com Includes commentary and photographs.
• The greatest show on earth: the [1911] pageant that marked the high point of Empire Mail Online 15 December 2011
• The Coronation Durbar – Delhi December 1911 from the website "Major Roland Pillinger", who was in the 10th Hussars
• 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 Slideshow of photographs by Lilah Wingfield
  • Eye-witness to the Final Crowning Glory of the Raj by Jessica Douglas-Home standpointmag.co.uk
• Remembering the Delhi Durbar: Unsung century The Economist 12 December 2011
• At the 1911 Delhi Durbar Wall Street Journal India Wednesday 9 November , 2011
  • Slideshow of 8 photographs
• Delhi Durbar 1911 Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire
• 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 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.
• 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 Medal 1911 to the British Army compiled by Peter Duckers was published c 1999 and is available at the British Library

Historical books online

Delhi Durbar 1911. Royal Procession

• The Prince of Wales' Tour: 
a Diary in India; with some account of the visits of His Royal Highness to the courts of Greece, Egypt, Spain, and Portugal 
by William Howard Russell. With illustrations by Sydney P. Hall 1877 Archive.org. The visit by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII 1875-1876
• The Durbar. Illustrations by Mortimer Menpes, text by Dorothy Menpes 1903 Archive.org
• At Delhi by Lovat Fraser 1903 Archive.org
• Imperial India: letters from the East by John Oliver Hobbes (pseud) 1903 Archive.org
• The Royal Tour in India by Stanley Reed 1906 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales, (later King George V and Queen Mary) November 1905 to March 1906
• Coronation Durbar: Delhi 1911. Official Directory Archive.org
• 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
• Supplement to Who's who in India: containing lives and photographs of the recipients of honours on 12th December 1911, together with an illustrated account of the visit of Their Imperial Majesties the King-Emperor and Queen-Empress to India and the Coronation Durbar. Popular edition. 1912 Archive.org
• The King and Queen in India by Stanley Reed 1912 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. (Subsidiary title) A Record of the Visit of Their Imperial Majesties the King Emperor and Queen Empress to India, from December 2nd 1911, to January 10th 1912 (King George V and Queen Mary)