Photograph of the equestrian statue of King Edward VII that was unveiled by his grandson, Prince Edward of Wales in King Edward VII Memorial Gardens (now the Netaji Subhash Park) in Delhi. Members of the Indian Army and civilians stand about the base of the statue following its unveiling. The tarpaulin that covered the statue can be seen to the right of the statue.  

Prince Edward unveiled the statue to the sound of a 101 gun salute from Fort Salimgargh. The tablet stone of the statue was laid by the Prince's father, King George V. 

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.