(Bombay became Mumbai Madras became Chennai.)īritain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip stand with their hosts Maharajah and Maharanee of Jaipur, in the forests of Rajasthan, India, on Jan. Since India won its freedom from the British 75 years ago, it has been changing Anglicized or European place names to indigenous ones. "She benefited from the wealth and enslavement of colonized people and never did anything to rectify that," says Priya Atwal, a historian of empire and monarchy at Oxford University.
Several other Commonwealth countries say they'll follow suit.įor many of the queen's former colonial subjects, her life and death are a reminder of a painful history of exploitation and racism. The Caribbean country of Barbados recently did the same. monarch as its head of state shortly after it became independent in 1947. It's a sign of just how much relations have changed between Britain's royals and their former colonies. Mahapatra says she never thought much about the queen while she was alive either, and isn't grieving. So it didn't make any change for me, frankly speaking."
"I did not have a lot of respect for her. "I did not think anything, actually!" Richa Mahapatra, a 26-year-old chartered accountant, told NPR when asked what she thought about the queen's death. There are no major public screenings of the funeral footage. There was some mourning, some anti-colonial anger – but mostly indifference. It's also a sign of the mixed reaction to the queen's death in India. A mixed reaction to the death of Queen Elizabeth II But he's skipping a chance to meet President Biden and others at the queen's funeral, as well as the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Last week, he attended a security summit in Uzbekistan with Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping. Modi's absence could be seen as a sign of his political priorities. Murmu also paid her respects to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace separately, before the service. As head of state, Indian President Droupadi Murmu's presence adheres to protocol, even though a mix of other prime ministers (heads of government) and presidents and royals (heads of state) are in attendance. Seventy-five years after it cast off British colonial rule, India sent its ceremonial president – a woman from one of the country's indigenous tribes – to its former monarch's funeral. MUMBAI, India - As world leaders gather in London today for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi – head of the Commonwealth's most populous country – is absent. Queen Elizabeth II rides on an elephant during one of her three official visits to India.
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