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Coronation Pillar (Delhi)

India / Delhi / Bhalswa Jahangirpur / Delhi
Coronation Park is a park located on Burari Road near Nirankari Sarovar in Delhi, India. The park is sometimes referred to as the Coronation Memorial; it was the venue of the Delhi Durbar of 1877 when Queen Victoria was proclaimed the Empress of India. Later it was used to celebrate the accession of King Edward VII in 1903, and, finally, it was here that the Durbar commemorating the coronation of King George V as Emperor of India took place on 12 December 1911, subsequent to his coronation at Westminster Abbey in June 1911. This last celebration had all the princely states in attendance. The decision to hold the Coronation Durbars in Delhi at the vast open ground at Coronation Park was a move to emphasise Delhi's history.The monument is now being restored.
Also, Coronation Park, by a quirk of circumstances, has the largest and tallest statue of King George V, adorning as it does a lofty pedestal. The statue was moved here in the mid-1960s from a site opposite India Gate in the centre of New Delhi. It is opposite the Obelisk (pictured) called the Coronation Memorial, which commemorates King George V, who presided at that location as Emperor of India in 1911, and laid the foundation stone for the new capital city of New Delhi.
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Coordinates:   28°43'22"N   77°11'48"E

Comments

  • Prashant (guest)
    Its a Coronation Pillar.
  • Shaghil Bilali (guest)
    It's not the place where the British Army stayed in 1900. It's the place where King George V on December 12, 1911, announced the shift of India's capital from Calcutta to New Delhi. The occasion was also known as the third Delhi Darbar. Two such Darbaars had also been organised at the same place in 1877 and 1903.
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