Coronation Park is a park located at Burari Road near Nirankari Sarovar in Delhi, India. 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 the historical significance of Delhi as the former capital of the Mughal Empire.
Distant image of Former Viceroy Lord Chelmsford's statue at the park
The Delhi Durbar of 1877. Lord Lytton, the Viceroy of India, is seated on the dais to the left.
Lord Curzon and Lady Curzon arriving at the Delhi Durbar, 1903.
King George V's statue was removed around August 1968 from the canopy opposite India Gate. It was relocated on a plinth in Coronation Park, directly opposite the Obelisk.
The Delhi Durbar was an Indian imperial-style mass assembly organized by the British 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 that a sovereign, George V, attended. The term was derived from the common Persian term durbar.
The Delhi Durbar of 1911, with King George V and Queen Mary seated upon the dais.
The Delhi Durbar of 1877. The Viceroy of India is seated on the dais to the left.
This illustration depicts some of the shān-o-shaukat (pomp and show) of the imperial assemblage in Delhi in January 1877
Lord and Lady Curzon arriving at the Delhi Durbar, 1903.