The jasmine-scented promenades of what was once the summer capital of British India have been drawing crowds for more than 150 years, enchanting visitors and literary luminaries like Rudyard Kipling .

It was in the 1940s that the hill capital of the British Raj directly came to ‘host’ Burma, but the link goes back to the 19th century. Subscribe To Print Edition About The Tribune Code Of ...

In Shimla, proclaimed the Himalayan summer capital of the British Raj in 1864, the town hall, library and post office are half-timbered mock Tudor, ...

The Lutyens bungalows of Delhi have housed the country's most important ministers, bureaucracy babus and other important people ever since the city was declared the capital of British India.

Also on display are invitations to 4 June parties - traditional school functions - held by Lord Curzon in Simla, the British summer capital. In 1901, 14 Old Etonians attended. "But it would be ...