Shimla Then & NowThis Book Fulfils A Long-Felt Need In Providing A Chronological Account Of The Events That Took Place In Shimla During The British Raj And After Independence. |
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A.O. Hume accommodation amusement Annandale Army Assembly Barnes Court begar Bombay British officers British rulers building Calcutta Census Chandigarh Chhota constructed coolies Corporation crores dance decided Delhi Deputy Commissioner Dhami elected employees European Gandhi Gurkhas Headquarters hill Himachal Pradesh Hindus historic Hotel house-owners HPTDC Imperial Government important Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Jinnah Jutogh Kalka Kennedy House Keonthal Khan Kufri ladies Lahore lakhs Lakkar Bazar large number later leaders letter located Lord Dufferin Lord Lytton Lord Mountbatten Lower Bazar Maharaja major Mall road meeting Menon Municipal Committee Muslim League natives Nehru organisations parties period Peterhoff play political population proposed Punjab Government Rana remained rents residents of Shimla rickshaw Ridge sahibs schemes secretariat servants shifted Shimla shops Simla District Singh Soods station summer capital Tara Devi theatre tourists town traders Viceregal Lodge Viceroy villages visited Shimla visitors wrote