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Best places to visit Shimla by walk
Scandalpoint
Name derived from maharaja of patialas dalliances . Lala lajpatrai ‘s statue re
–installed here being brought from
Lahore after independenc e rendezvous plave .
Grand hotel
Once called bentink castle has perhaps Shimla only rickshaw .
Kali bari
Built in 1845
dedicated to kali mata belived that an ancient temple of shamla (blue temple
)ie kali devi exited near rothney castle
on jakhu .wooden image worshiped localy during british days ,it was removed to
a wooden structure present kali bari .
State bank of india
Once called Dalzell house later imperial bank of india in
1924.
Vidhan sabha
Built in 1925 the council chamber is now Himachal vidhan SABHA
st michael’s cathedral
Built of stone and treak in 1885 by lord ripon at ripon place
.gothic style has statue of marry gifted by maxicans
Gorton castle
Imposing castle made of grey himalyan ston retains original
turrets conical roofs arched doorway and window belived to be quake and fire
proof belonged to mr gorton ics in 1840
one british secretariat now himachal office of account general
Kennedy house
First permanent house of Shimla built in 1822 (now burnt
down) by capt charls prat kennedy
Rhododendron forest
A beautiful walk from
chaura maidan post office via eva lodge
to summer hill derived from greek rhodom meaning a rose and Dendron ,a tree
localy called bress specie in himachal
is rhododendron arboretum grows near oaks squash is made from this flower
,which has a cooling effect (sold in nav bahar ) ,belived to be a cure for
asthma and is a blood purifier ,now an endangered spicie
Summer hill
Father of nation mahatma Gandhi styed in Georgian house of
raj kumara amrit kour
Gaiety Theatre
Built in 1887 has semi circular victorian theatre plays and fuctions held here desined by
h lrwin on the lines of royal
albert hall ladon built in grey barog stone in elizabeth an style called
the best equipped theatre east of suez
Christ church
Built in 1887 second oldest church of north india original chancel windows designed by lockwood
kipling Rudyard kipling ‘s father
stained glass windows
Clarks
Once carition hotel in 1910 purchased by mr clarks after the
end of world war 2nd passed
in to the hands of rai bahadur ms oberoi renamed as obroi clarks hotel
Chalet day school
Only swiss type of
wooden cottage in shimla one called then house as british officers residing in
us club use to entertain their lady guests here ,now a school
Us club
Once called Shimla united service club favourite haunt of
british officers who entertained the ladies in the chalet tlas two tennis
courts carignano was its country house now pwd officers
Churail baoli
Near marina (once g lenarm ) hotel on the mall is a nullah
where water flower overs mossy rocks
once a pond and baoli ie spring
existed here now has a statue of a pahari belle with a sheep surrounded by
lilac coloured agapanltus (African lilly )benches forest
Cedar
More than 100 years old situated at a place called khybar
pass
(being a old area ) first owned by jr william
Purchased by maharaja bhupinder singh of Patiala guest house
of Punjab government
Oak wood
Heritage building at khybar pass once summer residence of maharaja
patiala now office resindence of himachal chief minister
Woodville
Large german country house once residence of c-in- c later
summer palace of raja rama sir bhagat
chand of jubbal now a heritage hotel
Barnes court
Heritage building previously called himachal bhawan now raj niwas Shimla agreement signed here
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