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=== Burma ===
=== Burma ===


Hill stations established by the British in [[Burma]] included [[Maymyo]], the "summer capital", and [[Kalaw]].
Hill stations established by the British in [[Burma]] included [[Maymyo]], the "summer capital", and Kalaw.
 
==Also see==
[[Hill station cantonments and camps]].


== Ceylon ==
== Ceylon ==
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***[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n429/mode/2up  Srinagar and Environs], between pages 252 and 253
***[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n429/mode/2up  Srinagar and Environs], between pages 252 and 253
*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
:[https://archive.org/details/269119884-magic-mountains/mode/2up Mirror version] Archive.org.


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Latest revision as of 13:13, 27 July 2022

A hill station is a high-altitude town used as a place of refuge from the summer heat. Prevalent in South Asia, they are to be found throughout Southeast Asia. Hill stations are largely identified with European colonialists but the origins of many go back much further in time. Hill stations were often the summer capitals of their state, province or region; by and large the coming of air-conditioning has made this role redundant but many towns remain popular tourist destinations.

British India

Hill stations were to be found throughout British India. Queen of them all was Simla, the summer capital of the British Raj, but its ascendancy only dated from 1911 when Delhi became the Imperial capital. Each Presidency capital had its own hill station retreat: Bengal (Calcutta) went to Darjeeling, Bombay to Matheran and Madras to Ootacamund.

Burma

Hill stations established by the British in Burma included Maymyo, the "summer capital", and Kalaw.

Also see

Hill station cantonments and camps.

Ceylon

See the Wikipedia link below for more information about hill stations in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Malaya

See the Wikipedia link below for more information about hill stations in Malaysia.


External links

Articles

Books online

Mirror version Archive.org.