It is believed that the name Shimla is derived from the word Shyamla, yet another appellation for the Hindu goddess Kali whose temple was once located just above the present Indus Hospital.
Shimla town, perhaps one of the biggest hill stations of the world , was founded in 1816-17 in the North West Himalayas by the British colonialists. Once upon a time, from the Red Sea in the West to the Straits of Moluccas in the East, the entire British empire was ruled from Shimla which constituted the capital of the Empire during the Summer Seasons.