Photograph showing a general view of the royal party in Bombay, now Mumbai, with the harbour and sea in the distance. The party are standing under a square dais topped by a crown, where the Prince received an address of welcome from the Bombay Municipality.

Prince Edward of Wales arrived at the Apollo Bunder where he was met by the Viceroy of India, Lord Reading, the Governor of Bombay, Sir George Lloyds and the heirs of the 10 Indian Princes who accompanied the Prince during his tour. Sir Sassoon David, the President of the Municipality, read the Address of Welcome to the Prince.  

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.