by Shimla Walks | Feb 27, 2020 | General News, The Life in the Hills, Uncategorized
And now he was here in Shimla to inspect the new retreat of the British officers. One morning when the Khansama had set up his table outside in the lawns of Kennedy’s House, Lord, looking towards the Himalayan ranges said, ‘The Emperor of China and I govern half of...
by Shimla Walks | Jul 24, 2018 | General News, Himalayan Trips, HIstory, News and Deals, Uncategorized
In 1870 Mr. W. H. Carey mentioned in his Simla Guide that Simla drives its name from a house called ‘Shyamelay,’ built by a fakir – a sage, on the slopes of Jakhoo hill. The hills people also pronounced it probably as ‘Shimlah,’ or ‘Shumlah’ Originally, the village...