Photograph of Prince Edward of Wales seated in a horse drawn open topped carriage with an escort comprising the Viceroy's Bodyguard in ?Dalhousie Square, on his arrival in Kolkata (Calcutta).

The Prince of Wales left Patna to travel to Calcutta where he spent Christmas. In Dalhousie Square the Prince of Wales received an Address from the Municipality.  

On October 26 1921, Edward, Prince of Wales left Portsmouth to begin a tour of the Indian Subcontinent and Japan that covered 41,000 miles, lasting 8 months. Prince Edward spent four months in India, travelling from Bombay to Calcutta and then from Madras to Karachi. As the British Empire's Ambassador, the Prince visited India on behalf of his father King George V, to thank the nation for the essential role it had played during the First World War. Moreover, the visit was intended to strengthen links between Britain and its Empire at a time of increasing calls for Indian independence.