Edward The Prince of Wales In British Era Bombay – 2 Postcards 1921
Two 1921 postcards of Edward the Prince of Wales in British Era Bombay (Mumbai). These are other images of the British Prince of Wales Edward VIII during his tour of India. Here he is shown in a carriage, acknowledging the admiring crowds in Bombay. Ceremonial troops and Indian attendants are also seen.
Edward VIII, arrived in the middle of the noncooperation movement called on by Mahatma Gandhi. He arrived in Mumbai to vast crowds, people lined up the streets to get a glimpse of him. Going further on an extensive tour of India, his parents King George V and Queen Mary had toured India twice in the past.
The first time was when George was the Prince of Wales in 1906, the second time was after he became King-Emperor arrived in India for the Delhi Durbar of 1911. Edward was crowned King Edward VIII, after his father’s demise in 1936, however, Edward abdicated the throne in the same year.
Read more The Prince of Wales’ Railway Journeys in India, 1875-1876.
Did you know – that the Prince of Wales Edward disliked the bloated ceremony that characterized almost every day of his progress through princely India.
From the collection- Antique Painting of Madras Fort St George., British India Era Camp At Cantonment – Old Photo 1866., Aerial View of British Bombay In 1936, Old Print., Army & Navy Store 1922 Catalogue Bombay – Old Book.