... The IIAS occupies a building that was built as the summer residence of the Viceroy of India. It was, in short, the Viceregal Lodge.
What's a Viceroy?
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After the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58, the rule of the East India Company came to an end and direct rule by the British ... Read review
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Advantages: Spectacular building of immense historical significance Disadvantages: Quite honestly, it's pug-ugly
...tell you that one of the top attractions in the Himalayan city of Shimla is the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, a place so rarefied that it takes only a few dozen students, all of them doing post-doctoral studies into esoteric topics that few of us would understand, then you'd probably think:
A - I was wrong B - I was lying
C - Shimla must be a pretty dull place.
To be fair, I'm being a bit dismissive - the IIAS takes only students who are ... ...years ago that makes it the major draw that it is.
Today's dull and fusty academic institute was once the place from which one fifth of humanity was ruled for 7 months of the year. The IIAS occupies a building that was built as the summer residence of the Viceroy of India. It was, in short, the Viceregal Lodge.
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After the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58, the rule of the East India Company came to an end and direct ...
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