Shimla becomes the summer capital of British India

Land taken from Keonthal and Bhajji after the Gorkha war became the station of Shimla. Lieutenant Charles Pratt Kennedy built the first permanent house here in 1822. Lord Amherst visited in 1827, and in 1864 Lord Lawrence made Shimla the summer capital of the Government of India — a status it held until 1939.

• Rothney Castle — home of A. O. Hume, where the plan for the Indian National Congress took shape (founded 1885).
• Viceregal Lodge, completed 1888 under Lord Dufferin; now the Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
• Gaiety Theatre, 1887; Christ Church, 1857; the Town Hall and the Mall.
• Simla Conference, 25 June – 14 July 1945 — the Wavell Plan; it failed over the Muslim League's claim to nominate all Muslim members.
• The Simla Agreement between India and Pakistan was signed here on 2 July 1972.