Summer Hill is a quiet, wooded neighbourhood about 5 km west of the Ridge, forming part of Shimla’s “seven hills”. It is covered with pine and deodar trees and offers lovely views of the valley and nearby ranges. The campus of Himachal Pradesh University lies here, so the area has a mix of academic atmosphere, student life and hill-station calm. Summer Hill is also a stop on the Kalka–Shimla toy train line, with a small station where trains curve along the hillside.
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History & highlights
Historically known as Potter’s Hill, this area had scattered residences and forest paths during the British period. It gained special significance because Mahatma Gandhi stayed here at the Georgian mansion of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur during several of his visits to Shimla for political negotiations. After Independence, when Himachal Pradesh University was founded in 1975, Summer Hill became its main campus site, cementing its identity as an educational hub within the hill station. Today, alongside its political and academic associations, Summer Hill is noted in tourist literature as one of Shimla’s calmest view points, offering a more local, less commercial experience compared to the busy Ridge and Mall.
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