Simla

British

/ ˈsɪmlə /

noun

Official name: Shimla. a city in N India, capital of Himachal Pradesh state: summer capital of India (1865–1939); hill resort and health centre. Pop: 142 161 (2001)

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Within days of the attack, India revoked the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, while Pakistan responded by withdrawing from the 1972 Simla Agreement on bilateral dispute resolution.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

The LoC began as the Ceasefire Line in 1949 after the first India-Pakistan war, and was renamed under the 1972 Simla Agreement.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

The mathematician Gilbert Walker knew “next to nothing” about weather when, in 1904, he took charge of the India Meteorological Department in Simla.

From Nature • Sep. 16, 2019

Some storm chasers went off to another spot around the Nebraska-Kansas border, but Mr. Faidley had “a good gut feeling” that the tornadoes would come down in Simla instead, Mr. Gatelli said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2015

As if this weren’t enough, the next morning, a taxi bound for Howrah Station crammed its wheels into the alley; the Dalals were going to Simla for ten days.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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