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[[Image:Delhi Durbar The Fort.jpg|right|thumb|325px|''Delhi Durbar Their Majesties at the Fort, Delhi'']]
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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*[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
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*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://www.treefrogtreasures.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-2357.html Thread] from treefrogtreasures.com includes a list of books about the 1903 Delhi Durbar
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*[http://yourlocaladda.com/forum/history-43/delhi-durbar-1903-a-3442/ Delhi Durbar 1903] yourlocaladda.com Includes commentary and photographs.
 
*[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
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*[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
 
**[http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/4205/full Eye-witness to the Final Crowning Glory of the Raj] by Jessica Douglas-Home standpointmag.co.uk
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**[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204190704577025294014629240.html?mod=WSJINDIA_hps_MIDDLELSMini#slide/1: Slideshow of 8 photographs]  
 
**[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>[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6353#p25763 Victorian Wars Forum thread] dated 17 December 2011</ref>
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*[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>
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*[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
*[http://www.openisbn.com/download/190073401X.pdf ''The Delhi Durbar 1903: A Complete Roll and Index of Recipients''] by Peter Duckers and  Ian McInnes, was published in  2002
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*''The Delhi Durbar 1903: A Complete Roll and Index of Recipients'' by Peter Duckers and  Ian McInnes, was published in  2002
*[http://isbndb.com/d/book/the_delhi_durbar_medal_1911_to_the_british_army.html ''The Delhi Durbar Medal 1911 to the British Army''] compiled by Peter Duckers was published c 1999 and is available at the [[British Library]]          
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*''The Delhi Durbar Medal 1911 to the British Army'' compiled by Peter Duckers was published c 1999  
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*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
  
 
===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
 
[[Image:Delhi Durbar 1911. Royal Procession.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Delhi Durbar 1911. Royal Procession'']]
 
[[Image:Delhi Durbar 1911. Royal Procession.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Delhi Durbar 1911. Royal Procession'']]
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====1869-1870====
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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.
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=NyZYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''The Prince in Calcutta; Or Memorials of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh's Visit in December, 1869. Being a Collection of Descriptive Accounts, Etc.‬''] by N A C 1870 Google Books
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*[https://archive.org/stream/notesofvisitstoi00fayrrich#page/158/mode/2up "The Duke of Edinburgh in India 1869-70"]  page 159 of Joseph Fayrer's 1879 book, refer below. Covers part of the visit, from 7 January 1870 to 5 March 1870
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*[http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/volltexte/2013/2778 ''The Prince in India, and to India, by an Indian: a description of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh's landing and stay in Calcutta, and a commentary of His visit and reception in India, and on His farewell address to India, given in extensio; with an inquiry into the political use of princes and pageants, and the nature and conditions of loyalty, particularly the loyalty of India, under Moghul and Briton, the Company and the Crown''] by Sambhu Chandra Mukhopadhyaya 1871 SavifaDok University of Heidelberg
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*''The Duke of Edinburgh in Ceylon. A book of elephant and elk sport ... Illustrated with chromo-lithographs, etc.'' by John Capper 1871. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000036960 British Library Digital Collection],  [http://access.bl.uk/item/pdf/lsidyv393e806f British Library’s pdf version]
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====1875-1876====
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The visit by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII 1875-1876
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*[https://archive.org/stream/princeofwalestou00russuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''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.
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*[https://archive.org/stream/princewalesinin00gaygoog#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Prince of Wales in India or, From Pall Mall to the Punjaub''] by J. Drew Gay. (Special correspondent of London ''Daily Telegraph'') Published 1877, New York Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/stream/indiainvisitpri00wheegoog#page/n2/mode/2up ''India in 1875-76: the Visit of the Prince of Wales''] by George Wheeler (Special correspondent of the ''Central News'') 1876 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/stream/notesvisitstoin02fayrgoog#page/n6/mode/2up  ''Notes of the Visits to India of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Duke of Edinburgh 1870—1875-6''] by  Joseph Fayrer (Hon.Physician to Her Majesty the Queen) 1879 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924005546555#page/n7/mode/2up ''A pleasure trip to India : during the visit of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales : afterwards to Ceylon''] by M E Corbet 1880 Archive.org. Includes descriptions of some of the events taking place during the Royal visit.
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====1882====
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Part of a world cruise by Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales 1879-1882. Includes Singapore and Ceylon in 1882.
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*[https://archive.org/details/cruiseofhermajes02albeuoft ''The Cruise of Her Majesty's ship "Bacchante", 1879-1882, Volume II- The East''] Compiled from the Private Journals etc of Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales 1886 Archive.org. Includes China, Singapore, Ceylon. ([https://archive.org/details/cruiseofhermajes01albeuoft Volume I])
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*[https://archive.org/details/grandtourbritis00edwagoog ''The “Grand Tour” of the British Princes: the visit of ... Prince Albert Victor and Prince George to Ceylon'']  Reprinted from the ''Ceylon Observer'' 1882 Archive.org
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====1889-1890====
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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.
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*[https://archive.org/stream/andthatremindsme00coxo#page/104/mode/2up "The visit of H R H Prince Albert Victor to Burma"] page 104 ''And that reminds me 
being incidents of a life spent at sea, and in the Andaman Islands, Burma, Australia, and India'' 
by Stanley W. Coxon 1915 Archive.org
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====1903====
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* See also Fibis page [[Delhi Durbar 1903 Railway|Railways of the Delhi Durbar 1903]]
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*[https://ia801603.us.archive.org/35/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.82695/2015.82695.The-Delhi-Darbar-1902-03.pdf ''The Delhi Durbar 1902-03''] by Valentia Steer, Higginbotham and Co., Madras 1903 online pdf version from Archives.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
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====1906====
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The visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales, (later King George V and Queen Mary)  November 1905 to March 1906
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*[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
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*[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.
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*[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.
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*[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.
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*[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.
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====1911-1912====
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* See also Fibis page [[Delhi Durbar 1911 Railway|Railways of the Delhi Durbar 1911-12]]
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* also Fibis image [https://wiki.fibis.org/w/File:Delhi_Durbar_1911._Royal_Procession.jpg Delhi Durbar 1911 - Royal Procession]
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* 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]
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* 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
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/supplementtowhos00luckrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''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
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/supplementtowhos00luckrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''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
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*[https://archive.org/stream/indiacolonies00londuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''India and the Durbar: a reprint of the Indian articles in the 'Empire Day' edition of 'The Times', May 24th, 1911''] 1911 Archive.org
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*''The King and Queen in India'' by Stanley Reed  1912 is available  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.95947  Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. (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'' 
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* ''The Historical Record Of The Imperial Visit To India'' 1914.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211475 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.  Full title: ''The Historical record of the imperial visit to India, 1911  compiled from the official records under the orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India''.
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174625/page/n3 ''Footslogger An Autobiography''] by Graham Seton (Lieutenant- Colonel G S  Hutchinson) 4th Impression 1933 Archive.org. The author  became involved with the Durbar [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174625/page/n85  page 82]
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====1921-1922====
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The visit by Edward, Prince of Wales, later Duke of Windsor, November 17, 1921-March 7, 1922
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*[https://archive.org/stream/princeofwaleseas00philrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Prince of Wales' Eastern Book: a pictorial record of the voyages of H.M.S. "Renown", 1921-1922''] 1922  Archive.org [https://archive.org/stream/princeofwaleseas00philrich#page/n59/mode/2up Photographs]
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*[https://archive.org/stream/hrhtheprinceofwa029890mbp#page/n5/mode/2up ''H R H The Prince Of Wales’s Sport In India''] by  Bernard C. Ellison 1925 Archive.org.
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*[https://archive.org/details/withprinceineast00russrich/page/n8 ''With The Prince In The East : A Record Of The Royal Visit To India And Japan''] by Sir Herbert Russell, Reuter's correspondent throughout the tour, 1921-2.  1922.  Archive.org
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 01:13, 28 October 2020

and Royal Visits

Delhi Durbar Their Majesties at the Fort, Delhi

Also see Medals

FIBIS Resources

External links

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. Victorian Wars Forum thread dated 17 December 2011, now no longer available. http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6353#p25763.