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|altitude= 2,900 m (9,514 ft)
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|transport=[[Kalka-Simla Railway]]
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'''Simla''' (now known as Shimla) was the [[hill station]] linked with [[Delhi]] and the summer capital retreat of the Raj 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 Tudor style.<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimla Shimla] Wikipedia 
==Railway==
The narrow gauge [[Kalka-Simla Railway]] is still operational, having opened in 1903.
 
==Churches==
*Christ Church (Anglican, built 1844-1846).*St Michaels RC Michael's Cathedral (Roman Catholic, built 1886).*St Andrew's Church (Church of Scoltand, 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)  Sumit Raj Vashisht's blog , [http://cemeteriesinshimla.blogspot.com/2008_11_07_archive.html "Cemeteries In Shimla"] gives information about , includes a transcription of 146 MIs at Sanjauli Cemetery established 1921. Includes a list of names. Nothing remains of one earlier cemetery. The blog His [http://heritagewalksinshimla.blogspot.com "Heritage Walks in Shimla"] also gives additional has information about the earlier cemeteries.
This [http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/Churches-and-cemeteries-of-Himachal-Pradesh.aspx link] also mentions the churches and cemeteries in Simla and the surrounding area.
==Schools==
*[[Schools|Bishop Cotton School - see [[Schools]] for detailsdates from 1859 and was modelled on the typical British boarding Public School of the Victorian period.
==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]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimla "Shimla"], ''Wikipedia''. [http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/Churches-and-cemeteries-of-Himachal-Pradesh.aspx "Churches and cemeteries of Himachal Pradesh"], ''Himachal Tourism''. Buck, Edward John. ''Simla, Past and Present'' by Sir Edward John Buck . Calcutta: np, 1904 includes . {Includes “descriptions of interesting personages and their residences”. Available at Google Books has Snippet Views of the <br>[[British Libraryhttp://www.google.com/books?id=oNGCAAAAIAAJ 1904 edition]]. and [http://books.google.com/books?id=LU0CAAAAMAAJ Snippet View Google Books] (1925 edition)]. Depending on where you live, you may be able to access this book.]*Kennedy, Dane. [http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft396nb1sf/ ''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy] (full text, 1996 [httpsearchable). Berkeley://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press], 1996. ISBN 0520201884. ISBN 978-0520201880 *[http://hpshimla.nic.in/sml_heritage.htm Shimla-Heritage] includes some old photographs of the town.
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