1877 CE · political transition statecraft
First Delhi Durbar
On 1 January 1877, Viceroy Lord Lytton presided over the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi proclaiming Queen Victoria's new title of Empress of India. The display of imperial power took place during the wider famine crisis of 1876–78, a juxtaposition that later became a major subject of criticism.
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