hold durbars from time to time when they declare some policy of! Government, confer awards. on. those whom the King-Emperor has, delighted to honour and generally' consolidate the raj's relations with the area concerned, whether it be 'a district, a division or perhaps, though more rarely, a Province. The name is taken from the practice of Indian States from the days of the Moghuls. The Indian Maharajah, Nizam or Nawab, may hold a Durbar in his State for the same reasons as have been dicated as applying to the ceremony in British territory, but in the) Indian State the word has a further significance: it connotes the actual Government of the State—the ruler, and his high officials,: 'The dom-finance of the ruler's will: in' most] states has.led to the colloquial use of the word as a synonym for the Maharajah or "Nizam himself, although perhaps this is more com: mon in Northern than in Southern India... An Urdu word," durbar' simply-means court. Originally' was mainly applied to the periodical—sometimes dally—audiences given by the Indian State ruler, The: ceremony' of a. full. Durbar in Rajput state has been well described by Sir Henry Lawrence who referred specifically to one in 1883 at which the Resident (or Agent of the Viceroy) attended. After noting the picturesque magnificence of the Raja and his officials, Sir Henry says In the Durbar, the conversation between the Agent and the Raja was purely formal and there would be long Intervals of silence. Then trays loaded with glittering offerings would be presented to the Agent, just touched by him and promptly. taken back by the Raja's people, And then came the ceremony of ottar Ten fate Bane, Shas rae A
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