SIMLA

SIMLA is the capital city of the state of Himachal Pradesh in India.

It was formerly the chief town of a district in the Punjab, and since 1864 the summer hill-quarters of the
British Government in India until the independence of the country in 1947.

It is beautifully situated on the wooded southern slopes of the Himalayas, 7156 ft. above sea-level, and 170 m. N. of Delhi; has a cool and equable climate, and possesses two vice-regal palaces, government buildings, beautiful villas, &c.