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'''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.
'''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==
==Railway==
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==FIBIS resources==
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=32&s_id=0 Members of the Himalayan Brotherhood, Simla]
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=32&s_id=0 Members of the Himalayan Brotherhood, Simla]


== Related articles ==
== Related articles ==
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*An [http://dspace.wrlc.org/view/ImgViewer?url=http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/manifest/2041/38070 article]  about Dorothy Sanders, who was deaf and spent her childhood in India. It briefly mentions she attended a "hearing school" in Simla, (probably circa 1900/1910). ''The Silent Worker'', Volume 32, No.6, March 1920  from the [http://www.aladin0.wrlc.org/gsdl/collect/gasw/gasw.shtml Gallaudet University Archives], WRLC Libraries Digital and Special Collections
*An [http://dspace.wrlc.org/view/ImgViewer?url=http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/manifest/2041/38070 article]  about Dorothy Sanders, who was deaf and spent her childhood in India. It briefly mentions she attended a "hearing school" in Simla, (probably circa 1900/1910). ''The Silent Worker'', Volume 32, No.6, March 1920  from the [http://www.aladin0.wrlc.org/gsdl/collect/gasw/gasw.shtml Gallaudet University Archives], WRLC Libraries Digital and Special Collections
*[http://www.pricewebhome.co.uk/Docs/Price/Colonial/Colonial_Boy.htm Colonial Boy] by John Alton Price, born 1923 in Simla where he spent his  childhood, attending Bishop Cotton School from age 9. From his family website.
*[http://www.pricewebhome.co.uk/Docs/Price/Colonial/Colonial_Boy.htm Colonial Boy] by John Alton Price, born 1923 in Simla where he spent his  childhood, attending Bishop Cotton School from age 9. From his family website.
===Books online===
====Historical books on-line====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/simlapastpresent00buckrich#page/n11/mode/2up ''Simla, Past and Present''] by Edward J Buck 1904 Archive.org. It includes  a chapter on [http://www.archive.org/stream/simlapastpresent00buckrich#page/208/mode/2up Cemeteries]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/simlapastpresent00buckrich#page/n11/mode/2up ''Simla, Past and Present''] by Edward J Buck 1904 Archive.org. It includes  a chapter on [http://www.archive.org/stream/simlapastpresent00buckrich#page/208/mode/2up Cemeteries]
*Kennedy, Dane. [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft396nb1sf/ ''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj''] (full text, searchable). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. ISBN 0520201884. ISBN 978-0520201880
*Kennedy, Dane. [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft396nb1sf/ ''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj''] (full text, searchable). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. ISBN 0520201884. ISBN 978-0520201880

Revision as of 16:11, 9 April 2012

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
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places of interest during the British period
Simla



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

FIBIS resources

Related articles

External links

Historical books on-line