Editor's note: This article contains photographs of dead animals. Some readers may find the images disturbing.

In 1910, King Edward VII died, and his son George V ascended to the throne. He and Queen Mary were coronated at Westminster Abbey on June 22, 1911.

Five months later, the royal couple travelled to India to attend the Delhi Durbar, a ceremony proclaiming them emperor and empress of India.

The Durbar was an opulent assembly of some 250,000 people. The ruling princes and nobility and thousands more came to pay obeisance to the English king and queen. At the ceremony, it was unexpectedly announced that the capital of India would be moved from Calcutta to Delhi.

Maharajah Sayyaji Rao III, the Gaekwar of Baroda, caused a controversy when, in an act of defiance against British colonial rule, he neglected royal etiquette when approaching the English king and queen. Rather than bow three times and back away without turning, he gave one quick bow, then turned and walked away, laughing.

After the ceremonies, the royal couple travelled around the Indian subcontinent. King George, an avid marksman and hunter, went on a 10-day big game hunt in Nepal.

Over the course of the hunt, the party killed 39 tigers, 18 rhinoceros and four bears. The predators were baited with cattle tied up at the edges of the jungle.

At the time, the Indian tiger population was around 100,000. Today that number is just 2,500.