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SIMLA.

Simla, the summer capital of India, is the scene of much of the tragedy and the comedy of Indian life. Here in the hot weather comes the Viceroy, with the heads of the great departments, who on this cool hillside transact the daily business of the Indian Empire. Here wars are planned, peace is made, famines fought. Hither also comes the Vice-regal Court with its life, its gaiety, its intrigues, and its scandals. Here those who are well and have leisure may enjoy themselves, while those whose health is shattered by the fierce heat of the plains may find new life in the mountain breezes that blow over the rhododendron woods, and sweep down cool and refreshing from the snowy peals of the Himalayas. Simla itself is 7,084 feet above the sea, and is nearly 1000 miles from Calcutta.
Date between 1897 and 1899
date QS:P,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source The Queen's Empire. Volume 3. Cassell & Co. London
Author Various authors for Cassell & Co.
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