Photograph taken during a review by Prince Edward of Wales of approximately 6000 troops of the Gwalior Troops on a parade ground outside the Jai Bilas Palace in Gwalior. Taking part in the review were the sons and daughter of the Maharaja of Gwalior, Princess Mary Kamla Raja and the Yuvraj, George Jivaji Rao Scindia. Both of the children stand in front of eight officers, wearing uniform and holding tiny rifles.    

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.