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[[Image:Simla_Railway_Station.jpg|thumb|right|Simla Railway Station today]]
*Sumit Raj Vashisht's blog, [http://www.cemeteriesinshimla.blogspot.com.au "Cemeteries In Shimla"], includes a transcription of 146 MIs at Sanjauli Cemetery.
[http://www.worldlatestnews.com/business-news/infusing-life-into-british-era-graveyards-in-himachal-73225 "Infusing life into British era graveyards in Himachal"] WorldLatestNews.com
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'''Simla''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_382.gif Simla District] in the Delhi Division of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period. It 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==
The narrow gauge [[Kalka-Simla Railway]] is still operational, having opened in 1903.
==Churches==
[[Image:Simla_St_Michaels_Catholic_Church.jpg|150px|thumb|rightleft|Stained Glass, St. Michael's Cathedral (1988)]]
*Christ Church (Anglican, built 1844-1846).
*St Michael and St Joseph's Cathedral (Roman Catholic, built 1886). [http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/4274249510/ Photograph] (flickr.com)
*Oakover Cemetery (in use 1829-1841).
*Cart Road Cemetery (consecrated 1840).
*[[Kanlog Cemetery]] (in use 1850-1920s) (See individual fibiwiki article)
*Sanjauli Cemetery (opened 1921)
*St Bede's Cemetery (private burial ground for nuns of Convent of Jesus and Mary, also some Loreto religious)
[http://www.archive.org/stream/simlapastpresent00buckrich#page/208/mode/2up Cemeteries] from ''Simla, Past and Presen''t by Edward J Buck 1904 Archive.org.<br>
[http://himalayanpictures.blogspot.co.uk/#!/2012/02/himalayan-pictures-cemeteries-in-shimla.html Cemeteries in Simla] Brief historical background to the individual cemeteries from bog of Sumit Raj Vashit.
==Schools==
==External links==
[[Image:Simla_Railway_Station.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Simla Railway Station today]]
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Simla Simla] Love to Know 1911<br>
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_388.gif Simla Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/simla1.html "Home from Home: The Victorians in Simla"] from The Victorian Web
*[http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/gothicrevival/2.html Christ Church Simla] is one of a number of links relating to Simla in [http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/architecture.html Victorian and Edwardian Architecture in British India] from The Victorian Web
*[http://himachaltourismwww.govworldlatestnews.incom/postbusiness-news/Churchesinfusing-life-into-british-andera-cemeteriesgraveyards-ofin-Himachalhimachal-Pradesh.aspx 73225 "Churches and cemeteries of Infusing life into British era graveyards in Himachal Pradesh"], Himachal TourismWorldLatestNews.com
*New buildings in [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/simla.htm Simla 1881-1888] from Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841 – 1922
*[http://hpshimla.nic.in/sml_heritage.htm Shimla-Heritage] includes some old photographs of the town.
*"An officer in Simla" [http://kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=774 Part 1] [http://kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=775 Part 2] An album of photographs and other items from Ian Hamilton's time in Simla, India 1885-1887 from "The Serving Soldier" collection, King’s College London
*[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article3915253.ece The dakiya and the dak ghar] by Sarita Brara September 20, 2012 The Hindu. The Shimla General Post Office opened in 1883.
====Historical books on-line====
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/pager.html?object=67 1909 Map of Simla] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 26, Atlas 1909 edition'', page 61.
