Photograph of the procession that included Prince Edward of Wales and his party in a carriage, en route to the Falaknuma Palace soon after the Prince's arrival in Hyderabad. The entourage is photographed crossing the Tungabhadra River in Hyderabad. The procession is led by the Imperial Service Lancers.

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.