HP GK ONE LINER- SHIMLA – SET- 01

✅ Shimla District GK – Question & Answer (One-liners in English)

1. In which year did Shimla become the summer capital of British India?
   Answer: 1864

2. Who made Rampur the capital of the Bushahr princely state?
   Answer: Kehri Singh

3. Which king of Bushahr received Hang-Rag valley of Tibet as a fief?
   Answer: Kehri Singh

4. Balsan and Ratesh were branches of which princely state?
   Answer: Bushahr

5. Which was a branch of the Tharoch princely state?
   Answer: Khaneti

6. Which ruler of Kumarsain captured the Shangri Fort?
   Answer: Madan Singh

7. From where did the Kohal family of Bushahr Wazirs originate?
   Answer: Garhwal

8. Who started the Ice Skating Rink in Shimla around 1920?
   Answer: Peter Ta-Tung

9. In which year did Shimla Municipal Committee become a Municipal Corporation?
   Answer: 1979

10. In which building did A.O. Hume conceive the idea of founding the Indian National Congress?
    Answer: Rothney Castle