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[[Image:Simla_St_Michaels_Catholic_Church.jpg|thumb|right|Stained Glass, St. Michael's Cathedral (1988)]]
[[Image:Simla_St_Michaels_Catholic_Church.jpg|thumb|right|Stained Glass, St. Michael's Cathedral (1988)]]
*Christ Church (Anglican, built 1844-1846).
*Christ Church (Anglican, built 1844-1846).
*St Michael and St Joseph's Cathedral (Roman Catholic, built 1886).
*St Michael and St Joseph's Cathedral (Roman Catholic, built 1886). [http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/4274249510/ Photograph] (flickr.com)
*St Andrew's Church (Church of Scotland, now a library).
*St Andrew's Church (Church of Scotland, now a library).
*St Thomas's Church (Church Missionary Society).
*St Thomas's Church (Church Missionary Society).
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*[http://hpshimla.nic.in/sml_heritage.htm Shimla-Heritage] includes some old photographs of the town.
*[http://hpshimla.nic.in/sml_heritage.htm Shimla-Heritage] includes some old photographs of the town.
*[http://www.iias.org/history.html History of the Viceregal Lodge]
*[http://www.iias.org/history.html History of the Viceregal Lodge]
*[http://www.cbcisite.com/Shimla%20-%20Chandigarh.htm Shimla-Chandigarh Diocese, Catholic Church]


===Books online===
===Books online===

Revision as of 02:24, 14 February 2011

Simla
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 31.137603°N 77.128143°E
Altitude: 2,900 m (9,514 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Shimla
State/Province: Himachal Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Kalka-Simla Railway

Simla (now known as Shimla) was the hill station linked with Delhi and the summer retreat of the Viceroy from 1864. In the centre of Simla is the large open space known as The Ridge. The colonial-era architecture in the town is notable for its mock Tudor style.


Railway

Simla Railway Station today

The narrow gauge Kalka-Simla Railway is still operational, having opened in 1903.

Churches

Stained Glass, St. Michael's Cathedral (1988)
  • Christ Church (Anglican, built 1844-1846).
  • St Michael and St Joseph's Cathedral (Roman Catholic, built 1886). Photograph (flickr.com)
  • St Andrew's Church (Church of Scotland, now a library).
  • St Thomas's Church (Church Missionary Society).
  • All Saints Chapel.
  • St Crispin's, Mashobra.

Cemeteries

  • Oakover Cemetery (in use 1829-1841).
  • Cart Road Cemetery (consecrated 1840).
  • Kanlog Cemetery (in use 1850-1920s)
  • Sanjauli Cemetery (opened 1921)
  • St Bede's Cemetery (private burial ground for nuns of Convent of Jesus and Mary, also some Loreto religious)

Cemeteries from Simla, Past and Present by Edward J Buck 1904 Archive.org.

Sumit Raj Vashisht's blog, "Cemeteries In Shimla", includes a transcription of 146 MIs at Sanjauli Cemetery. He has another blog, also called "Cemeteries in Shimla" which mentions earlier cemeteries. His "Heritage Walks in Shimla" also briefly mentions some of the earlier cemeteries.

"Infusing life into British era graveyards in Himachal" WorldLatestNews.com

Schools

  • Bishop Cotton School dates from 1859 and was modelled on the typical British boarding Public School of the Victorian period..


FIBIS resources


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External links

Books online