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About The Book : Narrative of the Visit to India of their Majesties King Emperor George V and Queen Empress Mary and the coronation Durbar held at Delhi on the 12th December 1911. During the course of three centuries 1206 to 1526, from the reign of our King John to midway through the reign of King Henry the Eighth, Thirty four Kings of five different houses held sway at Delhi, of whom no fewer than twelve were dethroned , assassinated or killed in action. During their visit the royal people witnesses the reception, sports, festivals, Indian camel corps, they attended Royal party in Nepal, Bhopal, royal palace of Maharaja of Bikaner. About The Author: The Honourable Sir John William Fortescue KCVO (1859 – 1933) was a British military historian. He was a historian of the British Army and served as Royal Librarian and Archivist at Windsor Castle from 1905 until 1926.Fortescue is best known for his major work on the history of the British Army, which he wrote between 1899 and 1930. Between 1905 and 1926 he worked as the Royal Librarian at Windsor Castle. In 1911, Fortescue delivered the Ford Lectures at Oxford University. In 1920 he delivered the British Academy's Raleigh Lecture on History. He served as President of the Royal Historical Society from 1921 to 1925 and was elected an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He received the King George V Version of the Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal in 1925 for 20 years service to the British Royal Family. Fortescue was appointed KCVO in the 1926 King's Birthday Honours List. The Title 'Narrative of the visit to India : of their majesties King George V. and Queen Mary and of the coronation durbar held at Delhi, 12th December, 1911 written/authored/edited by John Fortescue', published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9788121298322 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 396 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Politics and government. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms