Imperial Crown of India

E30571

ceremonial crown regalia

The Imperial Crown of India is a unique jeweled crown created for King George V’s 1911 Delhi Durbar, symbolizing British imperial authority over India and used only on that single ceremonial occasion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Crown of India	1
Imperial Crown of India canonical	1
Regalia of the British Empire in India	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T236728 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Imperial Crown of India
Context triple: [Emperor of India, symbol, Imperial Crown of India]

A. Imperial State Crown
The Imperial State Crown is one of the United Kingdom’s principal royal crowns, richly set with historic gemstones and worn by the monarch on formal state occasions.
B. St Edward's Crown
St Edward's Crown is the historic solid gold coronation crown of British monarchs, renowned as one of the most important and sacred symbols of the United Kingdom’s monarchy.
C. peacock throne
The Peacock Throne was an opulent, jewel-encrusted imperial throne of the Mughal emperors of India, famed as one of the most extravagant symbols of royal power in world history.
D. Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India was a British chivalric order established in 1861 to honor Indian princes and high-ranking officials during the period of British rule in India.
E. Crown
The Crown is the institution representing the British monarchy and the executive authority of the state, distinct from Parliament and the judiciary.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Imperial Crown of India
Target entity description: The Imperial Crown of India is a unique jeweled crown created for King George V’s 1911 Delhi Durbar, symbolizing British imperial authority over India and used only on that single ceremonial occasion.

A. Imperial State Crown
The Imperial State Crown is one of the United Kingdom’s principal royal crowns, richly set with historic gemstones and worn by the monarch on formal state occasions.
B. St Edward's Crown
St Edward's Crown is the historic solid gold coronation crown of British monarchs, renowned as one of the most important and sacred symbols of the United Kingdom’s monarchy.
C. peacock throne
The Peacock Throne was an opulent, jewel-encrusted imperial throne of the Mughal emperors of India, famed as one of the most extravagant symbols of royal power in world history.
D. Most Exalted Order of the Star of India
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India was a British chivalric order established in 1861 to honor Indian princes and high-ranking officials during the period of British rule in India.
E. Crown
The Crown is the institution representing the British monarchy and the executive authority of the state, distinct from Parliament and the judiciary.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial crown ⓘ regalia ⓘ
associatedMonarch	George V ⓘ
associatedWith	British Raj ⓘ linked to: British India Delhi Durbar of 1911 ⓘ linked to: Delhi Durbar Emperor of India ⓘ
collection	British Crown Jewels ⓘ linked to: Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
commissionedBy	British government ⓘ linked to: UK government House of Windsor ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFor	George V ⓘ
currentStatus	not in regular ceremonial use ⓘ
decoratedWith	diamonds ⓘ emeralds ⓘ pearls ⓘ rubies ⓘ sapphires ⓘ
designedFor	use in India ⓘ
distinctFrom	Imperial State Crown ⓘ St Edward's Crown ⓘ
hasDesignFeature	eight half-arches ⓘ imperial crown shape ⓘ
hasPart	arches ⓘ cap of maintenance ⓘ cross pattée ⓘ ermine border ⓘ
height	approximately 31.8 centimetres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	national regalia of the United Kingdom ⓘ
inception	1911 ⓘ
inscription	INDIA ⓘ linked to: India
location	Tower of London ⓘ
madeForEvent	Delhi Durbar ⓘ
maker	Garrard & Co. ⓘ
material	gold ⓘ platinum ⓘ silver ⓘ
neverUsedAfter	1911 Delhi Durbar ⓘ linked to: Delhi Durbar
owner	British monarch ⓘ
partOf	Regalia of the British Empire in India ⓘ linked to: Imperial Crown of India
placeOfUse	British India ⓘ Delhi ⓘ
reasonForCreation	British law forbade removal of Crown Jewels from United Kingdom ⓘ
significance	symbol of British imperial authority over India ⓘ
usedByTitleHolder	Emperor of India ⓘ
usedFor	Delhi Durbar of 1911 ⓘ linked to: Delhi Durbar
usedOnDate	12 December 1911 ⓘ
usedOnOccasion	single ceremonial occasion ⓘ
weight	approximately 1.06 kilograms ⓘ
wornBy	George V ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emperor of India → symbol → Imperial Crown of India ⓘ

Imperial Crown of India → partOf → Regalia of the British Empire in India ⓘ

linked to: Imperial Crown of India

Order of the Crown of India → namedAfter → Crown of India ⓘ