Shimla Himachal Pradesh Brief history.

 District Shimla History:-

In the previous post we have seen  that the place was famous for Shyamla Devi Temple . According to Mr.W.H Carey in his Simla guide in 1870 that " the Shimla derives its name from a house called  " Shyamelay " built by a fakir - a sage in the slopes of Jakhu hills. The local people pronounced it probably Shimlah .

Beautiful Photograph of Jakhoo Temple Shimla.

View of Rope Way to Jakhoo 

The rope way has been installed for the visitors to visit Jakhoo temple.

The village Shimlah was originally situated where the present lower Bazar is situated .It was between Combermere bridge and ARTRACK building .

After the Anglo -Gorkha was over an British officer who was mooving a troupe of Gorkha to Kotgarh stopped here and liked this place as it was cool and experienced the climate of this place like Scotland .

View of Shimla Jakhoo experiencing snow.

Captain J Luard made the first picture of Shimla at spot in 1825 which later in 1833 published in London  in his book as " Views of India from Calcutta to Himalayas."

The preface of book one can read " all who have visited this charming spot have experienced Major Kennedy 's kindness and hospitality." Captain Ross made a small Thatched roof cottage in 1819 but Captain Kennedy who commended from Subathu made a first permanent house in Shimla .

This way the Shimla started its journey of development  which  the next posts will bring the history of Shimla .