Question

_________ was the summer capital of the British.
1. Dalhousie
2. Ooty
3. Shimla
4. Darjeeling

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Shimla

The correct answer is Shimla.

• Sir John Lawrence officially declared Simla the summer capital of the British empire in 1864.
• After independence, the city became the capital of Punjab and was later made the capital of Himachal Pradesh.
• During the British Raj, until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of India.

• King George V proclaimed the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi at the climax of the 1911 Imperial Durbar on 12 December 1911.
• Now Shimla is the summer capital of Himachal Pradesh.
• Dharamshala is the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh.
• Dalhousie is a high-altitude town spread across 5 hills of Himachal Pradesh.
• Ooty (short for Udhagamandalam) is a resort town in the Western Ghats mountains, in Tamil Nadu state.
• Darjeeling is a town in India's West Bengal state, in the Himalayan foothills.