‘Kind words from distant friends’
In 1875–6, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, toured India for four months. Queen Victoria was formally declared ‘Empress of India’ the following year. She wrote that ‘kind words from distant friends are the most precious of all gifts’ and received many autobiographies, histories and other books written about or dedicated to her in several South Asian languages including Hindi/Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi and Tamil. These books reflect the transition from scribal to print culture and the development of a commercial book trade in South Asia in the nineteenth century.
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
The Queen's travels in Scotland and Ireland / translated into Hindi / by / the Maharaja of Bena'ras
Calcutta, Bombay & Simla : Bourne & Shepherd (active 1864-1900s)
Indian Chiefs, 1887
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Queen Victoria is presented with a book
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Hafiz Abdul Karim (1863-1909) and Sheikh Muhammad Bakhsh
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
The Queen's book, or "Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands" / translated into Maráthí by Ganpatráo Morobá Pitalé
Mukhopadhyaya, Gopal Chandra
Raj-Jibani or the life of H.R.H. the Prince Consort / by Gopal Chandra Mukhopadhyaya.
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
The Queen's book, or, "Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands" / translated into Maráthí / with the gracious permission of / Her majesty the Queen. / by Rao Saheb Ganpatráo Morobá Pitalé.
Sultan Shah Jehan, Begum of Bhopal (1838-1901)
The Taj-ul ikbal, Tarikh Bhopal [The History of Bhopal] / by Shahjahan (H.H. The Nawab) Begum of Bhopal
Surendra Mohun Tagore (1840-1914)
