Illumination at Peshawur on the Occasion of a
Grand Durbar Held there by the Viceroy of India.
The Viceregal Procession

The Illustrated London News

June 16, 1860


ILLUMINATION AND FIREWORKS AT PESHAWAR
"In the number of this Journal for they 7th of April last we gave an Illustration of a grand procession of Sikh chiefs at Lahore on the occasion of a durbar held there by the Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief.
"Another of those grand durbars which distinguished the progress of his Excellency the Governor-General and Viceroy of India was held at Peshawur on Wednesday, the 29th of February last, for the recep[tion of the principal chiefs ot he various hill tribes who had assembled form far and near to do homage to the representative of Queen Victoria. Here, as at all the principal towns which the Governor-General visited, the occasion was celebrated by illuminations and a display of fireworks of both of which natives are exceedingly fond; and they produce the finest fireworks by the simplest means.
"A little earthen dish, like a flat cup, is used, filled with oil, and with a piece of cotton-wick is put in it. These lamps are provided in great numbers, and are placed in rows along the tops of houses, and upon the corniches of the shops, over and under windows, around arches, and, in fact, wherever one of these tiny lamps can be placed. The effect is picturesque in the extreme. Everywhere the natives are stiting, perfectly still and quiet, in long rows, behind the lights, waiting silently to see the Lord Sahib pass by."


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