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*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Simla Simla] Love to Know 1911<br>
*[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.
The current name is Shimla.
'''Kaithu''' near Simla, was a small community c early 1930s, but included a small Bazaar, Post Office, and a fairly large Convent of Jesus and Mary run by the Loretto Nuns. A troop of Gurkhas was stationed there, about six hundred yards lower down the hill. Mrs. Oliver's private school operated then, about thirty pupils between the ages of five and eight were taught by her, both in Simla in the summer and Delhi in the winter.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121123040839/http://www.pricewebhome.co.uk/Docs/Price/Colonial/Colonial_Boy.htm "Colonial Boy"] by John Alton Price, now an archived webpage. The author was born in December 1923 in Simla. He attended Bishop Cotton School from age 9, for 9 years.</ref>
==Railway==
The narrow gauge [[Kalka-Simla Railway]] is still operational, having opened in 1903.
==Churches==
[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://himalayanpictureshdl.blogspothandle.conet/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=65 "Simla District"] page 43 ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1'' by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library<br>Inscriptions from [https://shimlawalks.ukcom/cemetery-in-sanjauli/#!Sanjauli Cemetery in Shimla] and [https:/2012/02shimlawalks.com/himalayan-pictureskenlog-cemeteriescemetery-in-shimla.html Cemeteries / Kenlog Cemetery in SimlaShimla] Brief historical background to the individual cemeteries from bog of Sumit Raj Vashitshimlawalks. com
==Schools==
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=32&s_id=0 Members of the Himalayan Brotherhood, Simla]
*[[:Category:Simla images |Images of Simla]]
==External links==
[[Image:Simla_Railway_Station.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Simla Railway Station today]]
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_388.gif Simla Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimla Shimla], Wikipedia.
*[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
*New buildings in [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/simla.htm Simla 1881-1888] from Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841 – 1922
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180405112533/http://hpshimla.nic.in/sml_heritage.htm Shimla-Heritage] , now archived, includes some old photographs of the town.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140426155224/http://www.iias.org/history.html History of the Viceregal Lodge] iias.org, now archived.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100822040517/http://www.travelintelligence.com/travel-writing/surrey-in-tibet Surrey in Tibet [Simla<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by William Dalrymple 1997. travelintelligence.com, now archived. Also an episode in the 1997 TV documentary series [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018211617/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/28568 Stones of the Raj]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110211192518/http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?264993 Deodar Tales: Shimla: Heritage Homes] OutlookIndia.com 19 April 2010 , now archived. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161229205446/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activityandadventure/8827419/Shimla-India-The-queen-of-hills.html Shimla, India: The queen of hills] telegraph.co.uk 16 October 2011*[http://www, now archived.cbcisite.com/Shimla%20-%20Chandigarh.htm Shimla-Chandigarh Diocese, Catholic Church] *An [httphttps://dspace.wrlcarchive.org/viewdetails/ImgViewer?url=http:silentworkerv32n6/page/dspace.wrlc.orgn14/docmode/manifest/2041/38070 1up 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, page 155.aladin0.wrlcArchive.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.*"An officer in Simla" [http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=774 collection/an-officer-in-simla-part-1 Part 1] [http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier/index.php?id=775 collection/an-officer-in-simla-part-2 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.
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080924/himplus1.htm#3 "Ripon’s heritage: Din Dayal’s gain"] by Shriniwas Joshi September 24, 2008, ''HimachalPlus'' Chandigarh. Ripon Hospital opened May 14, 1885. The female wards of the Ripon were subsequently converted into a separate hospital, ‘The Lady Dufferin Hospital’.
====Historical images online====
*[http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-RCMS-00086/1 Panorama of Simla] watercolour by Lady Elizabeth Tennant c 1865 University of Cambridge Digital Library.
*[https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/33205/samuel-bourne-unknown-possibly-shepherd-robertson-et-al-india-scenic-views-architectural-and-figure-studies-plus-portraits-english-1860s/ Album of scenic views of India] contains a number of views of Simla from page 4 of the images, mostly dated 1863. The J. Paul Getty Museum.
====Historical books on-lineonline====
*[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.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/pager.phphtml?object=70 1931 Map of Simla] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 26, Atlas 1931 edition'', page 63.*[https://archive.org/details/gazetteer-simla-1888/page/n1/mode/2up ''Gazetteer of the Simla District 1888-89''] Archive.org. Also available as a [https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/33523 pdf download] Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India]. Note: this latter volume had been catalogued 1988-89, but it is believed this should be 1888-1889. Published by the Punjab Government.*[https://archive.org/details/gazetteer-simla-1904/page/n1/mode/2up ''Punjab District Gazetteers Volume VIII A. Simla District 1904''] Archive.org. Also available to download from [http://111.68.102.42:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16351 DSpace Lahore School of Economics]*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1916 ''Punjab States Gazetteer Volume VIII Simla Hill States 1910''], published 1911. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dpFeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''A Guide to Simla: With a Descriptive Account of the Neighbouring Sanitaria, Subathoo, Dugshaie, Sunawar, Kussowlie, Kotegurh, Chini, &c., &c., &c''] by W H Carey 1870 Google Books*[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]. Missing pages noted. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5969/mode/1up 2nd file, 1904] with images correctly rotated, but also missing pages. Archive.org, CSL Collection.:[https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.652/page/n3/mode/2up ''Simla, Past and Present'' 2nd edition [with new chapters<nowiki>]</nowiki>] and different illustrations by Edward J Buck 1925. Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8433/mode/2up 2nd file, 1925] which appears to contain an additional [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8433/page/n92/mode/1up Map of Simla District] between pages 58-59. Archive.org, CSL Collection.*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7097/mode/2up ''Simla in Ragtime: an Illustrated Guide Book''] by "Doz", elsewhere stated to be pseudonym of D. O. Sullivan, an American<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200316022125/https://www.vialibri.net/years/books/12390713/1918-india-doz-pseudonym-of-d-o-simla-in-ragtime-an-illustrated-guide vialibri.net]</ref>. 1913. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7361/page/n1/mode/2up ''Thackers New Guide To Simla''] by Beresford Harrop 1925 Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi].*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3523/page/n1/mode/2up ''Simla - A Hill Station in British India''] by Pat Barr and Ray Desmond 1978. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*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
*''Thackers Indian Directory '''1908'' is available to read online on [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website'''. The Mofussil Directory entry for Simla is pages 529-539, computer digital pages 792-802. Includes List of Residents, page 532, computer digital page 795. For this and additional directories available online, refer [[Directories online#Thacker's Indian Directory|Directories online - Thacker's Indian Directory]].*[https://archive.org/details/CInCsResidencesIndia ''Reminiscences of the Residencies of the Commanders-In-Chief in India in Simla, Old and New Delhi''] by Field- Marshal Sir W R Birdwood 1930 Archive.org ==References==<references/> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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