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2024Q1(x)Factors Leading to the Growth of Nationalism and Foundation of the Indian National Congress
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Who organised the Grand Delhi Durbar?

Topic: The Delhi Durbar

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(c) Lord Lytton.

Explanation

Lord Lytton held the Grand Delhi Durbar of 1877 to proclaim Queen Victoria as Empress of India. What made it notorious was its timing: a terrible famine was raging in South India in which millions died, and the lavish spectacle struck Indians as callous. Note that Curzon held a Durbar too, in 1903, which is why option (a) is offered. The word GRAND and the famine context point to Lytton’s of 1877 — and it belongs with his Vernacular Press Act and Arms Act of 1878 as part of the same repressive record.

In words

Lord Lytton.

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