THE DELHI DURBAR.
SUCCESSFUL ROYAL GARDEN PARTY. AN ODE OF WELCOME. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Delhi, December 14. Seven thousand attended the Royal garden party. Their Majesties appeared on a screened balcony, formerly used by the Moghul Emperors. They afterwards sat on their golden thrones clothed in their Coronation robes. The crowds clambered upon the parapets of the fort. It is estimated that a million people defiled right and left before their Majesties, cheering. They bore banners indicating their various districts. Below the thrones sat the Oicmas Pundits, and a poet recited a Persian ode of welcome. There were dances and displays of horsmanship. Their Majesties remained forty minutes. Thousands afterwards kissed the. thrones. At night there was a great fireworks display, and brilliant illuminations.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 5, 15 December 1911, Page 6
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