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[[Image:Simla_St_Michaels_Catholic_Church.jpg|thumb|right|Stained Glass, St. Michael's Cathedral (1988)]]
*Christ Church (Anglican, built 1844-1846).
*St Michaeland St Joseph's Cathedral (Roman Catholic, built 1886).[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/4274249510/ Photograph] (flickr.com)
*St Andrew's Church (Church of Scotland, now a library).
*St Thomas's Church (Church Missionary Society).
[http://www.archive.org/stream/simlapastpresent00buckrich#page/208/mode/2up Cemeteries] from ''Simla, Past and Presen''t by Edward J Buck 1904 Archive.org.
Sumit Raj Vashisht's blog, [http://cemeteriesinshimla.blogspot.com/2008_11_07_archive.html "Cemeteries In Shimla"], includes a transcription of 146 MIs at Sanjauli Cemetery. He has another blog, also called [http://www.wanderingeducators.com/best/traveling/cemeteries-shimla.html "Cemeteries in Shimla"] which mentions earlier cemeteries. His [http://heritagewalksinshimla.blogspot.com "Heritage Walks in Shimla"] has information about also briefly mentions some of the earlier cemeteries. [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
==Schools==
*[[Schools|Bishop Cotton School]] dates from 1859 and was modelled on the typical British boarding Public School of the Victorian period..
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=k3-j08QIKWUC&pg=PA113 Schools in the Simla District c 1904], page 113 ''Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904'' Google Books*[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-14/india/28687670_1_archives-institution-rare-books Rare books at St Bede’s archives] The Times of India. St Bede’s, a school for girls, was established in 1904.
==FIBIS resources==
==External links==
*[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*[http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/Churches-and-cemeteries-of-Himachal-Pradesh.aspx "Churches and cemeteries of Himachal Pradesh"], ''Himachal Tourism''.
*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.
*[http://www.iias.org/history.html History of the Viceregal Lodge]
*[http://www.cbcisite.com/Shimla%20-%20Chandigarh.htm Shimla-Chandigarh Diocese, Catholic Church]
*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.deccanherald.com/content/180162/glimpses-simla.html Review] of the book ''Simla — the Summer Capital of British India'' by Raaja Bhasin 2nd edition 2011 Deccanherald.com
===Books online===
*[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
*''Thackers Indian Directory 1908'' is available to read online on [http://hpshimla[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.nic.in/sml_heritageThe Mofussil Directory entry for Simla is pages 529-539, computer pages 792-802.htm Shimla-Heritage] includes some old photographs Includes List of the townResidents, page 532, computer page 795. * For additional directories available online, refer [[http://wwwDirectories online]].iias.org/history.html History of the Viceregal Lodge]
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