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Victoria Regina et Imperatrix

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We trust that the present occasion
may tend to unite in bonds of close
affection ourselves and our subjects;
that from the highest to the humblest,
all may feel that under our rule the
great principles of liberty, equity,
and justice are secured to them; and
to promote their happiness, to add to
their prosperity, and advance their
welfare, are the ever present aims and
objects of our Empire

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The Queen Victoria Memorial. Calcutta

The inscription taken from the Message of Queen Victoria presented at the 1877 Durbar to the people of India

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Photograph. The Lord Curzon of Kedleston (1859 – 1925)

Viceroy and Governor-General of India