![]() ![]() Incidentally, Edward’s son George V was the only King-Emperor who visited India which took place in 1911. Otherwise, an Anamalai excursion in Travancore had been thought of as a hunting expedition for the prince. Though he had visited Madras and some adjoining areas during his visit, he could not visit Travancore probably because there was widespread cholera in the country during that time. ![]() This visit was followed by Queen Victoria's assumption of the title of the Empress of India. Her son, The Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII, paid a visit to India during 1875-76 as a mark of honor to the native princes who had aided the English in their efforts to govern the land. It is interesting to learn that Queen Victoria, despite her long reign from 1837 to 1901 and having celebrated the golden and diamond jubilees -50th and 60th anniversaries of accession- did not visit India, the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. ![]()
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