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Shimla,

India

1910

 
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Simla. View from Mashobra.

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Shimla was summer capital of India under the British rule.

[Original caption] View from Mashobra. Since the Government of Sir John Lawrence in 1864 Simla has been the summer capital for India. As soon as the hot weather sets in, at the end of March, the Viceroy and the officers of the Supreme Government quit Calcutta for Simla, which is largely deserted in the
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