[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 winter, though the Army Headquarters Offices remain there all the year round. Summer population of Simla over 50,000, the winter about 15,000 [end] |