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. . . . An old tradition insisted that only three carriages, and later cars, were allowed in Simla, those of the viceroy, the commander in chief of the Indian Army and the governor of Punjab. God, went a local story, had applied for permission to have a car in Simla but was refused. Simla’s standard conveyance until the British left India was the wretched little things that stick in your ribs” – and four men were required to pull each one up and down Simla’s precipitous slopes. A fifth man ran alongside to relieve the others.

By tradition coolies did not wear shoes. Their employers compensated them, however, by the sumptuousness of their uniforms. . . . . Families competed in Simla to have most elegantly turned out coolies. The Viceroy’s had the exclusive right to scarlet. One Scot put his in kilts. Another resident had two sets of uniforms for his – one for daytime, one for evenings. . almost without exception those cooliss of Simla suffered from tuberculosis

The feasts toward which they bore their employes were brilliant, and the town's aristocracy bore red rosettes, which entitled them to use the Viceroy’s private entry for grand balls and garden parties. The others bore white rosettes and used the public entrance. Whatever the color of their rosettes, the rickshaw’s occupants could feel sure of one thing; once inside with the exception of the maharaja or two, they would not have to rub shoulders with any citizens of the country they governed. ~ Page 128

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Gorgeous image.

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