Indian independence · TURNING POINT ·
Delhi Durbar (1903)
On the Indian independence map as “Delhi — the durbar ground”
1 Jan 1903 — Curzon stages the Coronation Durbar: 173 princes ride past in order of gun-salute, a hierarchy of 21 guns down to 9. The pageant is the Raj’s theory of itself — permanence performed. It has forty-four years left.
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- British Raj at its height (chapter 3 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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