MOURNING IN INDIA.
REMARKABLE EXPRESSIONS OF LOYALTY. A message from Calcutta states that an unprecedentedly united demonstration of mourning and loyalty marked tho funeral ceremonies on Friday. Three hundred thousand Hindus, representing members of tho aristocracy and the entire middlo class of all;shades, including Surendrannth, Banerjee, and Chupcndranath Bose, marched in tho procession for two miles, barefooted and dressed in white, from Sangita Humaj to tho 3iaidan.
At the head of the procession was carried a life-sizo portrait of the late King, wreathed in white lotus flowers and lilies, surmounted by an embroidered umbrella, India's emblem of loyalty.
The Maharajah of Durbhanga delivered a fervent speech, urging that King Edward's death should be a signal for the Indian people to compose their differences, and live lives of peace. lovo and loyalty.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19100524.2.33.33
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13741, 24 May 1910, Page 7
Word Count
131MOURNING IN INDIA. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13741, 24 May 1910, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in