Roorkee : Photo.-Mechl. and Litho. Dept., Thomason College, October, 1911.
Physical Description:
1 map : on linen ; 85 x 68 cm, on sheet 94 x 78 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gregory F.W. Todd, Yale BA 1976, in memory of Joan Castle Sitwell.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale 1:15,840. -- (E 77°08ʹ30ʺ--E 77°15ʹ00ʺ/N 28°45ʹ15ʺ--N 28°38ʹ00ʺ).
Notes:
The Coronation Durbar of 1911 was the only one attended by the British sovereign, George V (to mark his succession as Emperor of India). The durbar was held in Delhi on December, 12, "the most spectacular ceremony in the history of the British empire. The king-emperor declared Delhi the new capital and laid its foundation-stone (soon after moved when New Delhi was re-sited). ... This was the first visit (other than to Mediterranean colonies) by a ruling British monarch to an imperial territory, and it completed the ceremonial inauguration of George V's reign" (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).
Subject Terms:
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865–1936 -- Coronation. | Durbars -- India -- Delhi. | India -- Politics and government -- 1857–1919. | Delhi (India) -- Maps.