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The Delhi Durbar ((ヒンディー語:दिल्ली दरबार), ), meaning "Court of Delhi", was a mass assembly at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, it was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911, at the height of the British Empire. The 1911 Durbar was the only one attended by the sovereign, who was George V. The term was derived from common Mughal term durbar. ==Durbar of 1877== Called the "Proclamation Durbar", the Durbar of 1877 was held beginning on 1 January 1877 to proclaim Queen Victoria as Empress of India. The 1877 Durbar was largely an official event and not a popular occasion with mass appeal like later durbars in 1903 and 1911. It was attended by the 1st Earl of Lytton—Viceroy of India, maharajas, nawabs and intellectuals. This was the culmination of transfer of control of much of India from the British East India Company to The Crown. Inside the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta is an inscription taken from the Message of Queen Victoria presented at the 1877 Durbar to the people of India: We trust that the present occasion The Empress of India Medal to commemorate the Proclamation of the Queen as Empress of India was struck and distributed to honoured guests,〔The Illustrated London News 20 Jan. – 17 Feb., (1877) retrieved 3/18/2007 (medal )〕 and Ramanath Tagore was made a Maharaja by Lord Lytton, viceroy of India.〔Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', 1909/1980, p596, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.〕 It was at this glittering durbar that a man in "''homespun spotless white khadi''" rose to read a citation on behalf of the Pune Sarvajanik Sabha. Ganesh Vasudeo Joshi put forth a demand couched in very polite language: Her Majesty to grant to India the same political and social status as is enjoyed by her British subjects. With this demand, it can be said that the campaign for a free India was formally launched,〔The Delhi Durbar, Dimdima.com, magazine of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,(free india )〕 which was the beginning of a great transformation for India.〔KESAVAN MUKUL (Sunday, 29 May 2005) "''STORY OF THE CONGRESS - Three pivotal moments that shaped early nationalism in India''", The Telegraph, Calcutta, retrieved 3/19/2007 (nationalism )〕 The durbar would later be seen as controversial because it directed funds away from the Great Famine of 1876–78. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delhi Durbar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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