Shimla the queen of hills came into existence as most of us will call ferom the date it got its space on the world map in the year 1864 when the then ordinary but a mistical village became the summer capital of the British India.
It kept its staus till the final days of british existence in India and also the place was a summer seat of Punjab government from the year 1871onwards. the place kept on to be the headqaters of the partioned punjab till 1966. though a small place but destined to be of extraordinary significance, during the last part of the second world war the exiled government of Burma took a reufge in this adorable landscape.
The place has witnnesed the signing of many agreements and accords in the years gone by with its british archetectual heritage and the splendid senic beauty the place really seems blessed. a place which has remained an excellent spectator of the past, wittenessing the making and breaking of history many times, looks so young and vibrant that it still holds its age old charm.
Shimla with all its youthfulness realy has all the makes for a queen, the toy train railway station which recently has been included in the world heritage list of UNESCO, all of the heritage structures of the british Raj, its geographical vicinity, the Ridge opening up the penorama of the grendour of the snow clad mountain ranges The Great Himalayas, the web of some of the most beautifully knetted roads and paths through dense oaks, cedars, rhododendruns and the places and archetecture of the historical significance leaves an everlasting impact on a persons memories.
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