Why did British choose Shimla, 1400 km away from Calcutta, as India’s Summer Capital in 1864? ☀️🏔️ Not Mussoorie, not Nainital, not Darjeeling. Discover the forgotten logic of colonial India’s hill station politics & Kalka-Shimla railway advantage! 🚂🌄 ⁣ #Shimla #SummerCapital #BritishIndia #HistoryReel #IncredibleIndia #ColonialLegacy #HillStations #Darjeeling #Mussoorie #Nainital | Rohan Tyagi

75K views · 2.7K reactions | Calcutta bloodline which is called old British bloodline. In india many many loft have super results by this generation ❤️‍ #pigeon #racingpigeons #calcutta #indian #breed #pigeons #pigeonracing #kalapatids | Valuable Loft - MH | Facebook

Walking through Calcutta, you see history etched into every brick and curve. But to truly know these streets is to peel back layers of empire and ambition, a patchwork of three villages of British India, setting the stage for Calcutta to become a showpiece of colonial grandeur. Grand administrative halls and stately mansions soon rose, crafted in Neo-Classical, Victorian, Neo-Gothic, and Renaissance styles. Yet, in true Kolkata fashion, these were never just borrowed dreams: Indian and Islamic m

Kolkata has a deep-rooted connection with Goddess Durga and her avatar, Kali. 🔱🙏 Some say the city's name means "the place of Kali." 🌆✨ The journey from three villages on the banks of the Hooghly 🌊 to becoming the first capital of British India—and today the capital of West Bengal—is truly fascinating and filled with many landmark moments. 📜🏛️ As the city lights up to celebrate #Navratri, 🎉✨ here's a brief history of Kolkata—The City of Joy. 🌟😊 | HISTORY

47K views · 743 reactions | A dish born in the British Raj, perfected...