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Published 1990
When Lord Dufferin was Viceroy of India, between 1884 and 1888, he and his wife duly moved up to the hill station of Simla and took over the official residence, the vice-regal lodge called Peterhoff. Prior to his time in India, Lord Dufferin had held posts in both Canada and Russia, and they found the accommodation in Simla very much beneath the standards to which they were accustomed. With the necessary permission from the British government and the aid of the Public Works Department, a ma
