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  • n  the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur

  • For the first durbar Nepal's King, Maharajadhiraja Tribhubana Bir Bikram Jung Bahadur Shah Bahadur Shum Shere Jung Deva, who rarely appears in public, officially presided in a .
  • The occasion for the convocation was a durbar, or gathering of troops, the previous night.
  • The durbar celebrated self-government for northern Nigeria, the last step before Nigeria as a wholenow a federation of three regions, each with its own Premierwould become .
News & Articles

  • Kathmandu's hidden diners offer the real deal
    Down a narrow, stone-paved alley a few minutes' walk from Kathmandu's bustling tourist hub of Durbar Square, Uttam Manandhar prepares a tapas-style array of buffalo brain, spine and testicles.
    July 9, 2013 - Fox News
Quotes

  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Sify
    Bhansali said: "I don't think any soundtrack can be complete without the director's active participation. I discovered the composers Ismail Durbar and Monty Sharma. During 'Devdas' I selected the new virginal voice of Shreya Ghosal to sing for...
  • Aadesh Shrivastava in Sify
    Confirming the verbal scuffle composer Aadesh Shrivastava says, "The confrontation with Ismail Durbar had been building up eversince we started judging `Sa Re Ga Ma Pa` Challenge. His attitude is high-handed and arrogant and completely unacceptable...
  • chairman Prachanda in Hindustan Times
    We must accept that the anti-India activity from Nepal (including acts like the hijack of IC814) was centred in the royal durbar,Prachanda said.

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