Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-01-03
L HE recent coronation Of King
George and Queen Mary at Del
hi marked the first time in tAe
annals of the British crown


annals of the British crown
that the English emperor Of In
dia went there to be crowned In the
heart of his vast Asiatic dominions,
and there to receive the acclamations
| and homage of over 300.000,000 Of
his subjects. e..
The first recognition Of the Indian
empire in England was in 1877 when
Disraeli, then prime minister of Eng
land. persuaded Queen Victoria, as q
matter Of policy and to conciliate the
natives. to allow herself to be pro-
claimed empress at Delhi. the ancient
seat Of the famous Great Moguls. AS
means Of reconciling the people to
British rule the stately ceremonial was
an immense success, and the later
proclamation of King Edward by Lord
Curzon still further solidifled the 10y
atty Of that land Of splendor, squalor
and mystery.
A Battlefield Of Races.
A great mass Of entirely Legendary
history Of the aboriginal inhabitants
exists in mythical and religious mar
ratfve. but the first authenticated rec
ords 60 no further back than the third
century before Christ. This beautiful
and mysterious land has been con-
tinual battle ground for contending In
vaders. attracted by its fertile plains
and enormous wealth. Hindu and Mo-
hammedan, Mongol and Tartar,
Frenchman and Englishman, have
waged fierce wars for its possession,
erecting dynasties and empires amid
the ruin and desolation of j devastated
country.
! Prior to the first Mohammedan in
vaston at the beginning Of the eleventh
century, India was the seat of numer.
GUS Buddhist kingdoms no one of
which would seem to have attained
any definite overlordship. The found.
ers belonged to invading branches of
the Aryan race and were the ancestors
of the Modern Hindu. The Sultan
Mahmund was the first conqueror who
permanently established the NOLAN.
medan power in India, about the year
1000. During the next 700 years fire.
quent invasions by the followers OF
Mohammedan frightened the strong
hold Of that religion on the country
About this time, a series of fierce
inroads by the Monaghan and Tartar
hordes from the north threatened the
Mussulman domination and involved
the country In fresh miseries. North
eastern India was devastated, with
appalling barbarity, by the terrible
Ghenhis Khan, who is said to have
destroyed in the course of his san
culinary career, no fewer than 5000, OOC
OF human beings. Succeeding 1nvasions
were beaten off with great difficulty
but eventually at the close of the four
tenth century, Tamerlane, the second
great Oriental conqueror of the mid
die ages. totally routed all the arm
les opposed to him, sacked Delhi, and
proclaimed himself emperor. Before
the final battle this monster of inhum
anity barbarously butchered 100000
prisoners, who we're hampering his
movements.
The Mohammedans, however. retain
ed the empire until 1926 when Barbe,
scholar, diplomatist and warlike de
scendant Of Talnerlane again invad
ed the unhappy country, defeated the
Sultan 1brahim on the plains of Delhi
and became the first Of the Great Mo
guis. His grandson. the celebrated
Akbar. was the greatest Asiatic mon
arch Of modern times. He brouRh,
the whole Of India under the Mogu
sway. ruled with wisdom, vigor and
humanity, encouraged literature and
education, and. although NOLAN
medan. treated other religions with
wonderful tolerance. Akbar's grand
son, the Emperor Shah Jehan, is main
~ remembered for the building OF the
extraordinary and beautiful mauso
'eum at the Tai Mahal. Twenty thou
sand men were employed on it inces
sanity fol, ~ years. and it is probablJ
the most beautiful building in thu
world. 1t was designed for the EN-
peror and his favorite wife.
| His son. the famous Aurungrzebe
usurped th1 imperial power In 1867
and ruled with energy and effect fo1
half q century. He cleared his way Il
the throne by the murder Of his thres
brothers and is also believed to have
poisoned his father. He was the mos
powerful Of the Great Moguls, but til,
fraud and treachery BY which he es
lablished his empire engendered hat
red and distruat among his subjects
At his death the gigantic EN-
pire rapidly fell to pieces. TIL,
British and French were nov
ready to take an active part IN til,
general scramble.
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