The British Royals Visit India and Shoot Tigers

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The royal couple traveled to India to attend the Delhi Durbar, a ceremony proclaiming them emperor and empress of India.

After the ceremonies, the royal couple traveled around the Indian subcontinent. King George, an avid marksman and hunter, went on a 10-day big game hunt in Nepal.

Over the course of the hunt, the party killed 39 tigers, 18 rhinoceros and four bears. The predators were baited with cattle tied up at the edges of the jungle.

At the time, the Indian tiger population was around 100,000. Today that number is just 2,500.

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King George V and Queen Mary on the ship to India.

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The royal party enters Delhi.

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Queen Mary rides past honor guards on the way into Delhi.

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A military procession is held in Delhi to honor the English king and queen.

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The Imperial Cadet Corps assembles outside the Delhi railway station.

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King George and Queen Mary arrive at the coronation Durbar in Delhi.

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The king and queen attend the ceremony in Delhi.

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The king and queen make a public appearance on the balcony of the Red Fort in Delhi.

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The Nizam of Hyderabad pays homage to the king and queen at the Delhi Durbar.

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The king and queen greet Government officials in Bombay.

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The king loads his gun during the tiger hunt.

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The king takes aim at a tiger as his elephant driver covers his ears.

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King George V (center right) inspects a killed tiger from atop an elephant.

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The king inspects the day's kill.

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The hunting party breaks for a meal.

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The hunting party crosses a river.

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The hunting party surrounds a dead rhinoceros.

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The king finishes off a wounded tiger.

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Dead tigers, bears and a rhinoceros are laid out after the hunt.

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