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"The Viceregal Lodge, Simla, from the Goorkha [Ghurkha] guard. 348" View overlooking the Viceregal Estate and up to the Lodge. The Viceregal Lodge [Rashtrapati Niwas] was designed by Henry Irvine in a Scottish Baronial style and was home to the British Viceroy. Simla was developed as a summer resort by the British, to escape from the heat of the plains, and it was the summer capital for British India 1865-1939. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably toured whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership.
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