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Viceregal Lodge (Indian Institute of Advanced Study)

Shimla · Est. 1888

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Managed byIndian Institute of Advanced Study
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TypeHistoric Building

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A grand Scottish baronial-style mansion built as the residence of British India's viceroys, where major decisions including the 1945 Shimla Conference on Indian independence were debated before it became a research institute.

Did you know? The Shimla Conference of 1945, a critical failed attempt to agree on a framework for Indian independence, was held inside this building, meaning some of the last real chances to negotiate a different path to Partition played out in these rooms.