Simla the Summer Capital of British India
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Product Details
Author:
Raaja Bhasin
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
488
Publisher:
Rupa Publications (April 1, 2011)
Imprint:
Rupa Publications India
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9788129117687
ISBN-10:
8129117681
Weight:
16oz
Dimensions:
5.5" x 8.5"
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Eloquence-IPG_03282026_P9891721_onix30-20260328.xml
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Eloquence
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$19.99
Pub Discount:
60
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P-IPG
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Overview
The summer capital of the Raj, Simla came to be known as "the workshop of the Empire". A visitor awed by this hill-town wrote, "Every pigeonhole contains a potential revolution, every office box cradles an embryo of war or death". The heady mixture of mountain air, political power and social snobbery attracted all manner of people to Simla: ambitious careerists, calculating matrons, enigmatic adventuresses, bored wives and dashing roues, often with disastrous results. A letter home lamented "the pure atmosphere and foul rumours, ruined prospects, guilty passions, frivolity, intrigue jealousy, madness remorse unmitigated"
