The summer capital of the Raj, Simla came to be known as "the workshop of the Empire".
The summer capital of the Raj, Simla came to be known as "the workshop of the Empire".
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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"
Publisher: Rupa Publications India
Author: Raaja Bhasin
Pages: 488
ISBN: 9788129117687
Publication Date: 01 April 2011
The summer capital of the Raj, Simla came to be known as "the workshop of the Empire".
The summer capital of the Raj, Simla came to be known as "the workshop of the Empire".
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Rupa Publications
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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"
Publisher: Rupa Publications India
Author: Raaja Bhasin
Pages: 488
ISBN: 9788129117687
Publication Date: 01 April 2011
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