Founder of Himachal Pradesh – Dr. Y.S. Parmar (1906 – 1981)

Sidhowal Lodge One of the first houses to be built in Shimla in the 1820s, this was initially called ‘Ballyhack‘ and later became Christ Church Lodge. It was renamed Sidhowal Lodge in the early twentieth …

Band Stand Now a restaurant, this conical slate-roofed structure on wooden posts, was presented to the people of Shimla as a Band Stand by Kanwar Jiwan Das of Jabalpur in 1907. The gift was welcomed, …

As the town of Shimla grew through the nineteenth century its Mall steadily developed as the primary street and the hub of its social life and the core is the row of shops and public …

ON THIS DAY, JANUARY THE TWENTY-FIFTH NINTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE WAS INAUGURATED THE STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH BY PRIME MINISTER SHRIMATI INDIRA GANDHI.

Arrival – Objective 29 June 1940 – To present the Indian side in the context of World War II. 27 September 1940 to 30 September 1940 – To inform the Viceroy that the war has …

Arrival – Objective 12 May 1921 – A meeting with Viceroy. Public meeting at Idgah Maidan. 11 May 1931 to 17 May 1931 – English Government’s violation of provisional peace relations between Indian Freedom Fighters …

शिमला शिमला शहर (जिसे पहले सीमला कहा जाता था) तब अस्तित्व में आया जब 1815-16 में ‘गोरखा युद्ध‘ समाप्त हो गया, और विजयी अंग्रेजों ने कुछ इलाकों को सैन्य चौकियों और सैनिटेरिया के रूप में …

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