The Shimla , Himachal Pradesh . Brief of The Past

 The Shimla Brief of The Past :- 

Indian Institute of advance studies Chaura Madan Shimla 

LordCombermere in 1828 describes about Shimla , " The political agent had been established a summer residence at Shimla ,, a name given to two or three shepherds huts situated 24 miles north east of Subbathu beyond the British dominions and in the territory of native Ranee or fudal baroness, for the ruler of asmall uncultivated clusters of mountains can scarcely be dignified with the title of queen .

Christ Church Ridge to US Club Shimla Himachal Pradesh 

The climate of Shimla soon became famous : invalids from the plains resorted there and built houses,instead of breaking up of establishments and sailing for the Cape of Good Hope with little hope of reching it and finally Shimla was rendered fashionable br the goveror -general, Lord Amherst , who resided at Shimla with his family for several months and brought back to Calcutta rosy complexions and some beautiful drawings by Lady Sarah Amherst to attest the healthful and picturesque properties of the spot.

Panoramic view Shimla 

The lands  comprising the pergannah and the present Shimla belonged originally of Maharaja Ptiala and the Rana of Keonthal. As early as 1824 Eurojjean gentlemen , chiefly invalids from the plains , had with the due permission of these chiefs established themselves in this area , building houses on the sites granted them tent free ., and with no other stipulation than that they should refrain from the slaughter of kine and the felling of trees , unless with the previous permission of the proprietors of the land . The station became as sanitatium and in 1830 the government directed that negotiations should be entered into with the chiefs of Patial and Keonthal for the land deemed sufficient to form a station .

Ancient Building at Shimla 

Major Kennedy the then political agent  negotiated an exchange with the Rana of Keonthal for his portion of the land in the Shimla hills comprising thirteen villages and yielding a estimated revenue  of Rs. 987, making over to the Rana the pergnnah of Rajeen , yielding an annual revenue of Rs. 1289 which had been retained on the first conquest of these hills, as its position was considered to afford a good military position . A portion of of the retained pergnnah of  Bharaulie comprising of seven villages was at the same time made over to the Maharaja Patiala in exchange for his portion of Shimla yielding a revenue of Rs. 245 per annum. This ia as per settlement report of Shimla district by Col. E.G. Wace 1881-3