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Colonial Cities Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture — History STD 12 Humanities — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesHistoryColonial Cities Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture3 Marks
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Why were hill station set up? Name two such stations set up by the British.
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Answer

  1. British set up the hill stations as strategic places to billet troops, guard frontiers and enables launch of campaign against the rival rulers.
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  1. Simla, founded during the course of the Gorkha war,
  2. Darjeeling was taken from Sikkim rulers in 1835.

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