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The former summer capital of the British in India, and the present capital of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla has been blessed with all the natural bounties which one can think of. It has got a scenic location, it is surrounded by green hills with snow capped peaks . The spectacular cool hills accompanied by the structures made during the colonial era creates an aura which is very different from other hills.
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...when India became independent in 1947, Shimla was one of the most important hill stations of the world. After the partition of India in 1947, many of the Punjab Government offices from Lahore in Pakistan were shifted to Shimla. In 1966, with the re-organization of territory into Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, Shimla became the capital of Himachal Pradesh. Since then, Shimla has flourished, as capital of the state and has continued to be an important tourist resort of India and the world.


— Planning Department, in "District Human Development Report Shimla", p. 9

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Spread across seven hills in the northwest Himalayas among lush valleys and forests of oak, rhododendron and pine is the capital of Himachal Pradesh that was once the summer capital of colonial India. And today, there is still more than a hint of the Raj in the former hill station of Shimla.


— Peter Aronson and Yésica del Moral, in Shimla: India’s Queen of Hills, Skyward, the JAL Inflight Magazine, February 2010.

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The state capital has some of the world's finest examples of British colonial architecture. Inspired by the Renaissance in England , is the greystone former Viceregal Lodge (now the Indian Institute of Advanced Study), the neo Gothic structures of the gaiety theatre and the former imperial Civil Secretariat (now the Accountant General's Office). There are the Tudor framed Barnes Court (now the Raj Bhawan), and the distinctive Vidhan Sabha and the secretariat of the government of Himachal Pradesh.


— Heritage, in A Report on Shimla Heritage, National Informatics Center, Shimla

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Gorton Castle is one of the most striking buildings of the British empire. The Castle is a Gothic new-Gothic structure that had the famous Sir Swinton Jacob as its architect , today, houses the offices of the Accountant General of Himachal Pradesh


— Heritage, in "A Report on Shimla Heritage".

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