Panjab University Chandigarh 1947-2007
The Tribune, Chandigarh (Op-ed page) 1 October 2007 60 years of Panjab University In pursuit of excellence by Rajesh Kochhar PANJAB UNIVERSITY Chandigarh completes sixty years of its eventful existence…
Tag: Simla
Renaming Shimla mocking history
Neither tradition, nor any documentation links Shimla with any deity. The imagined association is a back-formation and a mindless exercise in Sanskritisation. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/weekly-pullouts/himachal-tribune/renaming-shimla-mocking-history/674135.html
The making of colonial Simla, 1815-1830: A Re-look
Simla finds first mention in passing in colonial records in 1816. At the time the area conjointly belonged to two princely states. The first permanent European structure, a residential building, was…