Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Night view
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The city of Shimla is located at an altitude of 6,500 feet in the mid-western ranges of the Himalayas. This region is full of evergreen pine forests and is a popular hill station of India. Shimla is the capital of the State of Himachal Pradesh. Under the British, it was the summer capital of India.

Charles Kennedy, a Scottish civil servant, built Shimla's first British summer home in 1822. By the middle of the 19th century, Shimla was established as the hallmark of the British rule in India. The Kalka-Shimla rail link, bears testimony to the engineering excellecne of the British.