Durbar example sentences

It was therefore important to celebrate British power with pomp and show in the city the Mughal emperors had earlier ruled, and the place which had turned into a rebel stronghold in 185 In 1911, when King George was crowned in England, a Durbar was held in Delhi to celebrate the occasion.Remember that Calcutta was still the capital of British India, but the grand Durbar was being held in Delhi.In 1877, iceroy Lytton organised a Durbar to acknowledge Queen ictoria as the Empress of India.The decision to shift the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi was announced at this Durbar.