Izindawo Zomlando Zokuvakashela eShimla Kuhambo Lokuhamba

01 ka-06

I-Viceregal Lodge (i-Rashtrapati Niwas)

I-Shimla, inhloko-dolobha yase- Himachal Pradesh , ingenye yezintaba ezithandwa kakhulu eNdiya futhi ngokuvamile ibizwa ngokuthi "iNdlovukazi yezintaba". Idolobha lakhula ngesikhathi sokubusa koMbuso waseBrithani. AbaseBrithani baqala ukuhambela lapho ngama-1820 lapho bekuyi-village nondescript, futhi ngo-1864 kwathiwa yi-capital yabo esemthethweni ehlobo. Uhulumeni waseNdiya wahlala lapho isikhathi esingangonyaka, wabuyela eKolkata (Calcutta) kuphela futhi kamuva eDelhi phakathi nezinyanga zasebusika ezibandayo. Ngakho-ke, uShimla unomlando othakazelisayo nomkhathi ohlukile wobukhulu ngakho, nezakhiwo eziningi zomlando ezigcinwe kahle.

Kusukela ezindlini ezingama-50 ngo-1830, uShimla uye wakhula waba nabantu abangaba ngu-350,000 abantu manje. Idolobhana liphuma eceleni komfula, okwenza kube lula ukuhlola ngezinyawo. Ngesinye isikhathi kukhona i-Viceregal Lodge, futhi ngakolunye uhlangothi, isikwele esikhulu. Umzila udlula eShimla Indawo eyiGugu, lapho kunamakhulu amakhulu nezakhiwo ezidumile.

UShimla Uhamba ugijimela uhambo olukhethekile lokuhamba ngeGugu. Uhambo luhlala amahora angu-4-5. Ibiza ama-rupi angu-2 500 umuntu oyedwa kuya kwabane, nama-rupee angu-500 omuntu ngamunye ongeziwe.

Kungenzeka ukubona uShimla ngokwakho kodwa uma unesithakazelo emlandweni wedolobha, umhlahlandlela uyabaluleka. Kulesi sihloko, uzothola ezinye zezindawo ezivezwe uhambo lokuhamba.

I-Viceregal Lodge (i-Rashtrapati Niwas)

Kutholakala ekupheleni kwesentshonalanga kwe-Ridge e-Observatory Hill (enye yezintaba eziyisikhombisa eShimla), i-Gothic Viceregal Lodge enhle kakhulu yiShimla esakhiweni sefa elikhangayo kakhulu. Kwaqedwa ngo-1888, kwaklanywa umdwebi wase-Ireland uHenry Irwin, owomunye umsebenzi ohlanganisa i- Mysore Palace neChennai Railway Terminus.Kodwa kuphela itshe lekhwalithi elingcono kakhulu, elalisuka eKalka ngama-mules, lisetshenziselwa ukwakha.

I-Viceregal Lodge yakhiwe ngo-Lord Dufferin, i-Viceroy of India kusukela ngo-1884-1888, kodwa waphela kuphela ukuhlala kuyo izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba adluliselwe. Kanye namaqembu ahlaselayo, izingxoxo ezibalulekile ezibanjelwe eS Lodge, kufaka phakathi lezo ezaholela ekuhlukaniseni i-India ne-Independence yaseNdiya.

Ngemuva kokuzimela, lesi sikhungo saba yisikhathi sehlobo saseMongameli waseNdiya kwaze kwaba yilapho kunqunywe ukuyibeka ekufundeni kwezemfundo. Yathunyelwa eMnyangweni wezeMfundo futhi yanikezelwa kwi-Indian Institute of Advanced Study, okwamanje isebenza kuyo.

Umphakathi ukhululekile ukuhamba ngezindawo futhi uthathe uhambo oluqondisiwe lwamakamelo akhethiwe ngaphakathi (ngeshwa, ingaphakathi alikho indawo enhle kakhulu njengangaphandle!). Ekubonisweni kukhona izithombe eziningi, ama-antiques, nezinye izinto ezivela esikhathini sokubusa kwaseBrithani.

Isakhiwo sinomlilo othakazelisayo. Amapayipi ahlanganiswe ngamanzi axhunyiwe kumathangi amanzi. Ukushisa komlilo kuzoqhafaza i-wax bese kwenza amandla okugeleza kwamanzi aqede.

02 ka 06

I-Oberoi Cecil Hotel

Iqembu le-Oberoi liyaziwa ukuthi liphakathi kwamahhotela amnandi kakhulu eNdiya, futhi konke kwaqala eThe Cecil eShimla, eMall Road. Njengamanye izakhiwo zomlando ezivelele eShimla, umlando wayo uphawulekayo.

Ihotela ekuqaleni kwakuyindlu enesizotha eyodwa ebizwa ngokuthi i-Tendril Cottage, eyakhiwa ngo-1868. Yayithathwe ngumlobi odumile Rudyard Kipling lapho efika eShimla ngo-1883, futhi kamuva wakhiwa njengehhotela ngo-1902. Wabizwa ngokuthi i-Caleil Hotel kaFaletti, eyaziwa ngokuthi indawo ephawulekayo e-Asia futhi "ehhotela elihle kunazo zonke eMpumalanga".

Yilapho lapho umsunguli weqembu le-Oberoi, uMnu Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi, efika ngemuva kokuthola umsebenzi kanye nenzuzo yakhe ngo-1922. Kubonakala sengathi ulahliwe ngaphandle kwehhotela. Kodwa-ke, esikhundleni sokuyeka, walinda amahora amaningi kwaze kwafika uMenenja Jikelele wabe esemcela umsebenzi. I-General Manager yammisa njengomphalamende wangaphambili ngenxa yokuzilungisa kwakhe okuhle.

UMnuz Oberoi wavuka phakathi, wabonisa ukwethembeka, umsebenzi onzima kanye ne-acumen yebhizinisi elihlaba umxhwele. Ngemva kokuphatha i-Clarkes Hotel okwesikhashana, umnikazi wesiNgisi wayejabule ngokusebenza kwakhe kangangokuthi wathengisa ihhotela kuye lapho ebuyela eNgilandi ngo-1934. Kamuva, uMnu. Oberoi uthenge amasheya e-Associated Hotels of India, ene-The Cecil. Uthole isithakazelo esilawulayo enkampanini ngo-1944 futhi waba ngowokuqala waseNdiya ukuqhuba ukhetho lwehhotela elihle kunazo zonke.

Ngemva kokuvulwa ukulungiswa kabusha ngo-1984, iCecil yaphinde yavulwa ngo-1997. Enye yezici zayo yi-Shimla kuphela yokubhukuda elawulwayo lokushisa, ephethe imibono emangalisayo yesigodi.

03 ka 06

Umhlangano Wezomthetho We-Himachal Pradesh (Vidhan Sabha)

UMkhandlu Wezomthetho we-Himachal Pradesh uhlala kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-The Chamber Chamber. Esinye sezakhiwo zokugcina ezibalulekile ezakhiwa yiBrithani, saqedwa futhi savulwa ngo-1925.

Isakhiwo sashintsha izandla izikhathi eziningi emva kokuzimela kwe-Indiya, futhi ingxenye yayo yayisetshenziselwa ukuhlala yonke i-Radio India. Labuyiselwe emsebenzini walo wokuqala ngo-1963, lapho iSishayamthetho savuselelwa khona.

04 ka 06

I-Annadale Ground

Le ndawo enezithombe ezimhlophe yayingokuqala indawo yokudlala yaseSmithani yaseBrithani. Kwaba khona ngo-1830, lapho kwakunabantu abaku 600-800 abadobi abahlala eShimla, futhi yilapho bebambe khona yonke imicimbi yabo yomphakathi.

Umhlabathi wabizwa ngokuthi u-Annadale (manje osemnyama ongaphilile njengo-Annandale) nguKaputeni Kennedy, owakha indlu yokuqala yezintambo ezimbili eShimla ngo-1922. Ngokusobala, u-Anna igama lendodana encane eyithandwayo ebusheni bayo. "Dale" kusho "isigodi".

Umhlabathi waqashiselwa i-Indian Army ngo-1941 ukuze kusetshenziswe ikamu lokuqeqeshwa phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. Kodwa-ke, ukulawula phezu komhlaba kuye kwaba yinkinga enkulu yokungqubuzana phakathi kukaHulumeni wesifundazwe sase-Himachal Pradesh kanye ne-Indian Army, ngemuva kokuphelelwa yisiqeshiso sokuqashiswa kwezempi ngo-1982.

Lezi zinsuku, u-Annadale unemyuziyamu yempi (iMsombuluko ivaliwe), i-golf kanye ne-helipad.

05 ka 06

Isakhiwo seBhodi lesitimela seShimla

Isakhiwo seBhodi lesitimela seShimla, esakhiwa ngo-1896, saba ngowokuqala enhlobo eNdiya. Yenziwe ngokuyinhloko ngaphandle kwensimbi yensimbi nensimbi, yayenzelwe ukulwa nomlilo. Lezi zinto zazingeniswa eGlasgow eScotland futhi zahlanganiswa nguRichardson noCruddas eBombay (eMumbai).

Isakhiwo esakhiwe ngokuphepha esakhiweni sasifeze injongo yaso lapho kuphuma umlilo esitezi esiphezulu ngoFebruwari 2001 futhi isakhiwo sawo asilimazanga.

Isakhiwo okwamanje sinezindlu eziningi zikahulumeni, kuhlanganise nomnyango wamaphoyisa.

06 ka-06

Shimla Main Square

Ihabhu laseShimla, isikwele esikhulu lapho iShimla Summer Festival iqhutshwa ngoJuni . Kuye kwaba umcimbi ojwayelekile kusukela ngawo-1960.

Indawo ephawuleka kakhulu kunazo zonke kule ndawo yi-Christ Church enemibala eluhlaza. Yakhelwe isitayela se-Elizabethan Neo-Gothic futhi yaqedwa ngo-1857. Yisonto lesibili elidala kunazozonke enyakatho yeNdiya, neyena endala kunaSanta John eMeerut (yaqedwa ngo-1821). Amafasitela wezingilazi esontweni ayeklanyelwe, ngokumenywa nguyise kaRudyard Kipling owayenguthisha wezobuciko ohlonishwayo kanye nomdwebi.

Kanti futhi ezindaweni eziseduzane kukhona iLatatimende Yombuso kanye nokuhleka kwayo kokuklama kwe-Tudor, i-Bandstand, i-Gayety Theatre, iHholo leDolobheni ne-Scandal Point.