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A Hill Station is a town in the Indian Subcontinent or elsewhere in colonial Asia, typically founded by European colonial rulers as refuges from the summer heat. Most hill stations are at an altitude of between 3,500 and 7,500 feet; very few are outside this range. The British Raj, and in particular the British Indian Army, founded perhaps 50 of the 80-odd hill stations in the Indian Subcontinent; the remainder were built by various Indian rulers over the centuries as places of leisure or even as permanent capitals. Some respected historians such as Dane Kennedy say there are only 65 "true" hill stations in the Subcontinent, if one combines adjoining stations and excludes small hamlets without civic facilities.

Purpose

Several hill stations served as summer capitals of Indian provinces, princely states, or, in the case of Simla, of British India itself. Since Indian Independence, the role of these hill stations as summer capitals has largely ended, but many hill stations remain popular summer resorts.

Hill stations in India

Andhra Pradesh

Gujarat

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Uttaranchal

West Bengal

Hill stations in Malaysia

Hill stations in Pakistan

Azad Kashmir

NWFP

Northern Areas

Punjab

Vietnam

See also

References

  • The Great Hill Stations of Asia, Barbara Crossette, ISBN 0465014887

Asia | Cities | Hill stations

 

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