
RAAJA BHASIN
Paperback
English
History
401-500 Pages
Paperback
2011
RAAJA BHASIN
Rupa Publications India
9788129117687
India
Name : Simla the Summer Capital of British India
Author : RAAJA BHASIN
Book Format : Paperback
Genre : History
ISBN : 9788129117687
Language : English
Pages : 401-500 Pages
Publish Year : 2011
Publisher : Rupa Publications India
The summer capital of the Raj, Simla came to be known as "the workshop of the Empire". A visitor awed by this hill-town wrote, "Every pigeonhole contains a potential revolution, every office box cradles an embryo of war or death". The heady mixture of mountain air, political power and social snobbery attracted all manner of people to Simla : ambitious careerists, calculating matrons, enigmatic adventuresses, bored wives and dashing roues, often with disastrous results. A letter home lamented "the pure atmosphere and foul rumours, ruined prospects, guilty passions, frivolity, intrigue jealousy, madness remorse unmitigated"
Country of Origin : India
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