Tag: #Simla

The End of An Era

Posted on Sep 24, 2019 by

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The story of Simla in the 19th century was written by the British. It was their ideal retreat and they planned everything about Simla- from its shape and features to its social framework and destiny…or so, they thought. What they did not realize in… Continue Reading “The End of An Era”

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Two Lives

Posted on Sep 20, 2019 by

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History isn’t guaranteed alone by political ramblings or wobbling economies. The social milieu or fabric is what actually seams history. So, even as we may talk of the Industrial Revolution of the 19th Century or the building of the railways, it would be incomplete… Continue Reading “Two Lives”

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Shyamala to Simla

Posted on Sep 9, 2019 by

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For Previous chapters click here… ****************************************************************************** “If History were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” Rudyard Kipling After the Gorkha leaders had been quelled, the British, who saw Shyamala as an obscure village, gave it to the Patiala Raja… Continue Reading “Shyamala to Simla”

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