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Know Your Himachal

Historical places in Shimla

Forts, palaces and monuments across the state.

Christ Church, Shimla

The Ridge, Shimla

The yellow neo-Gothic church on the Ridge, consecrated in 1857 and the second-oldest church in north India, still in regular use.

Human-reviewed

Kalka–Shimla Railway

Kalka to Shimla

A narrow-gauge mountain railway from Kalka to Shimla, opened in 1903 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, climbing about 1,400 m through 100-plus tunnels on a 96 km line.

Human-reviewed

Rashtrapati Niwas (Viceregal Lodge)

Observatory Hill, Shimla

The former residence of the British Viceroy of India on Observatory Hill in Shimla, built in 1888, where the 1945 Simla Conference and 1947 partition talks were held; now a research institute open for guided tours.

Human-reviewed