would fall on the central government of India and which, they advised, the Indian Finance Minister, James Grigg, was unwilling to support. Finally, in February 1938, the king had to be formally advised by Chamberlain to again postpone any visit "until the general world outlook has become more settled and the financial prospects [are] more definite". Eventually, the onset of the Second World War and the movement towards Indian independence rendered the prospect of any royal visit nearly impossible. Gallery References Bibliography Codell, Julie, ed. (2011). Power and Resistance: Photography and the Delhi Coronation Durbars. Ahmedabad: Mapin. Codell, Julie (2009), "Indian Crafts and Imperial Policy: Hybridity, Purification and Imperial Subjectivities," Material Cultures, 1740–1920: The Meanings and Pleasures of Collecting. Eds. A. Myzelev & J. Potvin. Aldershot: Ashgate, 149–70. Codell, Julie (2004), "Gentlemen connoisseurs and capitalists: Modern British Imperial Identity in the 1903 Delhi Durbar Exhibition of Indian Art," Cultural Identities and the Aesthetics of Britishness. Ed. D. Arnold. Manchester U P, 134–63. Codell, Julie, ed. (2012). Power and Resistance: The Delhi Coronation Durbars. Ahmedabad: Mapin. External links The Coronation Durbar of 1911, film from BFI archives Great Coronation Durbar, DELHI video newsreel film Cornation Durbar films at Internet Movie Database Government of British India History of Delhi British monarchy State ritual and ceremonies 1877 in British India 1903 in British India 1911 in British India 1877 in India 1903 in India 1911 in India