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	The president visits Mashobra at least once every year, and during this time his or her core office shifts to the retreat at [[Chharabra]], in the vicinity of Mashobra. The building housing the retreat is a completely wooden structure originally constructed in 1850.<ref name="presidentofindia">{{cite web\|title=Official mention and description in Rashtrapati Bhavan site \|url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/presidentialretreats.jsp \|accessdate=5 July 2006 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702011303/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/presidentialretreats.jsp \|archivedate=2 July 2006 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		The president visits Mashobra at least once every year, and during this time his or her core office shifts to the retreat at [[Chharabra]], in the vicinity of Mashobra. The building housing the retreat is a completely wooden structure originally constructed in 1850.<ref name="presidentofindia">{{cite web\|title=Official mention and description in Rashtrapati Bhavan site \|url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/presidentialretreats.jsp \|accessdate=5 July 2006 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702011303/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/presidentialretreats.jsp \|archivedate=2 July 2006 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	In May 1948, before returning to London at the end of his mission as viceroy and then governor general of India, Lord Mountbatten and his wife Lady Edwina spent a few weeks in this retreat. The then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru paid them a visit, which is documented in the biographies of Lady Mountbatten.		In May 1948, before returning to London at the end of his mission as viceroy and then governor general of India, [[Lord Mountbatten]] and his wife [[Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma\|Lady Edwina]] spent a few weeks in this retreat. The then Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] paid them a visit, which is documented in the biographies of Lady Mountbatten.

	== Other places of interest ==		== Other places of interest ==
	Mashobra is also a tourist destination.<ref name="Time Magazine">{{cite news\|title=Travelogue in TIME \|url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/journey/india.html \|accessdate=5 July 2006 \|date=8 November 2003 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204184653/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/journey/india.html \|archivedate=4 February 2006 }}</ref><ref name="outlook">{{cite web\|title=Travelogue in Outlook magazine \|url=http://www.outlooktraveller.com/aspscripts/mag_art.asp?magid=116&page=1 \|accessdate=5 July 2006 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109223834/http://www.outlooktraveller.com/aspscripts/mag_art.asp?magid=116&page=1 \|archivedate=9 November 2006 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		Mashobra is also a tourist destination.<ref name="Time Magazine">{{cite news\|title=Travelogue in TIME \|url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/journey/india.html \|accessdate=5 July 2006 \|date=8 November 2003 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204184653/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/journey/india.html \|archivedate=4 February 2006 }}</ref><ref name="outlook">{{cite web\|title=Travelogue in Outlook magazine \|url=http://www.outlooktraveller.com/aspscripts/mag_art.asp?magid=116&page=1 \|accessdate=5 July 2006 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109223834/http://www.outlooktraveller.com/aspscripts/mag_art.asp?magid=116&page=1 \|archivedate=9 November 2006 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	[[Wildflower Hall]] at [[Chharabra]], now a property of [[Oberoi Hotels]], has been residence to [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener\|Lord Kitchener]] as well as [[Lord Ripon]] during the [[British Raj]].<ref name="Oberoi hotels">{{cite web \| title = Oberoi hotels website about Mashobra \| url = http://www.oberoihotels.com/india/shimla/oberoiwildflowerhall/travelguide/discoverwildflowerHall.asp?leftinfo=11&leftitem=2 \| accessdate = 5 July 2006 }}</ref>		Wildflower Hall at [[Chharabra]], now a property of [[Oberoi Hotels]], has been residence to [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener\|Lord Kitchener]] as well as [[Lord Ripon]] during the [[British Raj]].<ref name="Oberoi hotels">{{cite web \| title = Oberoi hotels website about Mashobra \| url = http://www.oberoihotels.com/india/shimla/oberoiwildflowerhall/travelguide/discoverwildflowerHall.asp?leftinfo=11&leftitem=2 \| accessdate = 5 July 2006 }}</ref>

	At 3 km from Mashobra is Carignano, a picnic spot that was a villa of Chevalier [[Federico Peliti]],<ref name="Federico Peliti">{{cite web \| title = Federico Peliti's 19th Century India \| url = http://www.peliti.org/Federico/index.htm \| accessdate = 18 January 2015}}</ref> an Italian photographer in India from the times of [[Queen Victoria]], who named it in honor of his native town [[Carignano, Piedmont\|Carignano]] near [[Turin]] in [[Italy]]. The villa was transformed to a weekend resort in 1920 and is also referred to in one of the novels by [[Anita Desai]].<ref name="Hindustani Times">{{cite web \| title = Far away from crowds \| url = http://travel.hindustantimes.com/travelogues/i-never-fancied-the-crowded.php \| accessdate = 17 April 2010 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120305211255/http://travel.hindustantimes.com/travelogues/i-never-fancied-the-crowded.php \| archive-date = 5 March 2012 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>		At 3 km from Mashobra is Carignano, a picnic spot that was a villa of Chevalier [[Federico Peliti]],<ref name="Federico Peliti">{{cite web \| title = Federico Peliti's 19th Century India \| url = http://www.peliti.org/Federico/index.htm \| accessdate = 18 January 2015}}</ref> an Italian photographer in India from the times of [[Queen Victoria]], who named it in honor of his native town [[Carignano, Piedmont\|Carignano]] near [[Turin]] in [[Italy]]. The villa was transformed to a weekend resort in 1920 and is also referred to in one of the novels by [[Anita Desai]].<ref name="Hindustani Times">{{cite web \| title = Far away from crowds \| url = http://travel.hindustantimes.com/travelogues/i-never-fancied-the-crowded.php \| accessdate = 17 April 2010 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120305211255/http://travel.hindustantimes.com/travelogues/i-never-fancied-the-crowded.php \| archive-date = 5 March 2012 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>

	[[Pankaj Mishra]] is a writer/poet who lives in Mashobra.		[[Pankaj Mishra]] is a writer/poet who lives in Mashobra.<ref name="Pankaj Mishra">{{cite web \| title = Pankaj Mishra \| url =
	<ref name="Pankaj Mishra">{{cite web \| title = Pankaj Mishra \| url =
	http://www.pankajmishra.com		http://www.pankajmishra.com
	}}</ref>		}}</ref>

	Amit Khanna, ~~Film Maker~~, ~~Poet~~, ~~Writer~~ and ~~Media Guru~~ has a cottage in Mashobra where he spends several weeks every year working on his new book.		[[Amit Khanna]], film maker, poet, writer and media guru has a cottage in Mashobra where he spends several weeks every year working on his new book.

	Like Amit, Navtej Sarna well known diplomat and author, is also a part time resident of Puranikoti village near Mashobra.		Like Amit, [[Navtej Sarna]], well known diplomat and author, is also a part time resident of Puranikoti village near Mashobra.

	== Flora and fauna ==		== Flora and fauna ==
	[[File:Entrance ,Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pardes, India.JPG\|thumb\|left\|Entrance, [[Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], India]]		[[File:Entrance ,Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pardes, India.JPG\|thumb\|left\|Entrance, Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, [[Himachal Pradesh]], India]]
	[[File:Inner view of Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pardes, India.JPG\|thumb\|Inner view of Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, India]]		[[File:Inner view of Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pardes, India.JPG\|thumb\|Inner view of Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, India]]
	Mashobra is part of [[Shimla Water ~~Catchmentanct~~ Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://hpforest.nic.in/files/ShimlaWaterCatchmentWildLifeSanctuary_A1b.pdf \| title=Department Notification No. FFE-B-F(6)-11/2005-II/Shimla Water Catchment \| date=7 June 2013 \| publisher=Government of Himachal Pradesh Department of Forests \| accessdate=18 February 2017 }}</ref> The natural vegetation comprises [[pine]], [[oak]], [[Cedrus deodara\|cedar]] or Himalayan ''deodar'', and [[rhododendron]], as well as maple and horse chestnut. The wildlife consists of monkeys, Langurs, [[jackal]]s, ''kakkar'' ([[barking deer]]), and the occasional [[leopard]], as well as numerous bird species such as the [[Himalayan eagle]], [[pheasant]]s, ''chikor'' and [[partridge]]s.		Mashobra is part of Shimla Water Catchment and Wildlife Sanctuary.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://hpforest.nic.in/files/ShimlaWaterCatchmentWildLifeSanctuary_A1b.pdf \| title=Department Notification No. FFE-B-F(6)-11/2005-II/Shimla Water Catchment \| date=7 June 2013 \| publisher=Government of Himachal Pradesh Department of Forests \| accessdate=18 February 2017 }}</ref> The natural vegetation comprises [[pine]], [[oak]], [[Cedrus deodara\|cedar]] or Himalayan ''deodar'', and [[rhododendron]], as well as maple and horse chestnut. The wildlife consists of monkeys, Langurs, [[jackal]]s, ''kakkar'' ([[barking deer]]), and the occasional [[leopard]], as well as numerous bird species such as the [[Himalayan eagle]], [[pheasant]]s, ''chikor'' and [[partridge]]s.

	== Educational Institution ==		== Educational Institution ==
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	[[Category:Tourist attractions in Shimla]]		[[Category:Tourist attractions in Shimla]]

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	'''Mashobra''' is a town in [[Shimla district]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. It is connected to the state capital [[Shimla]] (~~earlier~~ Simla) through the historic [[Hindustan–Tibet Road]] built in 1850 by [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie\|Lord Dalhousie]].		'''Mashobra''' is a town in [[Shimla district]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. It is connected to the state capital [[Shimla]] (erstwhile Simla) through the historic [[Hindustan–Tibet Road]] built in 1850 by [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie\|Lord Dalhousie]].

	==Geography==		==Geography==
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	== Other places of interest ==		== Other places of interest ==
	Mashobra is also a tourist destination.<ref name="Time Magazine">{{cite news\|title=Travelogue in TIME \|url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/journey/india.html \|accessdate=5 July 2006 \|date=8 November 2003 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204184653/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/journey/india.html \|archivedate=4 February 2006 }}</ref><ref name="outlook">{{cite web\|title=Travelogue in Outlook magazine \|url=http://www.outlooktraveller.com/aspscripts/mag_art.asp?magid=116&page=1 \|accessdate=5 July 2006 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109223834/http://www.outlooktraveller.com/aspscripts/mag_art.asp?magid=116&page=1 \|archivedate=9 November 2006 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Wildflower Hall]] at [[Chharabra]], now a property of [[Oberoi Hotels]], has been residence to [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener\|Lord Kitchener]] as well as [[Lord Ripon]] during the [[British Raj]].<ref name="Oberoi hotels">{{cite web \| title = Oberoi hotels website about Mashobra \| url = http://www.oberoihotels.com/india/shimla/oberoiwildflowerhall/travelguide/discoverwildflowerHall.asp?leftinfo=11&leftitem=2 \| accessdate = 5 July 2006 }}</ref>		Mashobra is also a tourist destination.<ref name="Time Magazine">{{cite news\|title=Travelogue in TIME \|url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/journey/india.html \|accessdate=5 July 2006 \|date=8 November 2003 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204184653/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/journey/india.html \|archivedate=4 February 2006 }}</ref><ref name="outlook">{{cite web\|title=Travelogue in Outlook magazine \|url=http://www.outlooktraveller.com/aspscripts/mag_art.asp?magid=116&page=1 \|accessdate=5 July 2006 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109223834/http://www.outlooktraveller.com/aspscripts/mag_art.asp?magid=116&page=1 \|archivedate=9 November 2006 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

			[[Wildflower Hall]] at [[Chharabra]], now a property of [[Oberoi Hotels]], has been residence to [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener\|Lord Kitchener]] as well as [[Lord Ripon]] during the [[British Raj]].<ref name="Oberoi hotels">{{cite web \| title = Oberoi hotels website about Mashobra \| url = http://www.oberoihotels.com/india/shimla/oberoiwildflowerhall/travelguide/discoverwildflowerHall.asp?leftinfo=11&leftitem=2 \| accessdate = 5 July 2006 }}</ref>

			At 3 km from Mashobra is Carignano, a picnic spot that was a villa of Chevalier [[Federico Peliti]],<ref name="Federico Peliti">{{cite web \| title = Federico Peliti's 19th Century India \| url = http://www.peliti.org/Federico/index.htm \| accessdate = 18 January 2015}}</ref> an Italian photographer in India from the times of [[Queen Victoria]], who named it in honor of his native town [[Carignano, Piedmont\|Carignano]] near [[Turin]] in [[Italy]]. The villa was transformed to a weekend resort in 1920 and is also referred to in one of the novels by [[Anita Desai]].<ref name="Hindustani Times">{{cite web \| title = Far away from crowds \| url = http://travel.hindustantimes.com/travelogues/i-never-fancied-the-crowded.php \| accessdate = 17 April 2010 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120305211255/http://travel.hindustantimes.com/travelogues/i-never-fancied-the-crowded.php \| archive-date = 5 March 2012 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>

	[[Pankaj Mishra]] is a writer/poet who lives in Mashobra.		[[Pankaj Mishra]] is a writer/poet who lives in Mashobra.
	<ref name="Pankaj Mishra">{{cite web \| title = Pankaj Mishra \| url =		<ref name="Pankaj Mishra">{{cite web \| title = Pankaj Mishra \| url =
	http://www.pankajmishra.com		http://www.pankajmishra.com
	}}</ref>		}}</ref>
	At 3 km from Mashobra is Carignano, a picnic spot that was a villa of Chevalier [[Federico Peliti]],<ref name="Federico Peliti">{{cite web \| title = Federico Peliti's 19th Century India \| url = http://www.peliti.org/Federico/index.htm \| accessdate = 18 January 2015}}</ref> an Italian photographer in India from the times of [[Queen Victoria]], who named it in honor of his native town [[Carignano]] near [[Turin]] in [[Italy]]. The villa was transformed to a weekend resort in 1920 and is also referred to in one of the novels by [[Anita Desai]].<ref name="Hindustani Times">{{cite web \| title = Far away from crowds \| url = http://travel.hindustantimes.com/travelogues/i-never-fancied-the-crowded.php \| accessdate = 17 April 2010 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120305211255/http://travel.hindustantimes.com/travelogues/i-never-fancied-the-crowded.php \| archive-date = 5 March 2012 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>
	Amit Khanna, Film Maker, Poet, Writer and Media Guru has a cottage in Mashobra where he spends several weeks every year working on his new book. Like Amit, Navtej Sarna well known diplomat and author, is also a part time resident of Puranikoti village near Mashobra.		Amit Khanna, Film Maker, Poet, Writer and Media Guru has a cottage in Mashobra where he spends several weeks every year working on his new book.

			Like Amit, Navtej Sarna well known diplomat and author, is also a part time resident of Puranikoti village near Mashobra.

	== Flora and fauna ==		== Flora and fauna ==

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'''Mashobra''' is a town in [[Shimla district]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. It is connected to the state capital [[Shimla]] (earlier Simla) through the historic [[Hindustan–Tibet Road]] built in 1850 by [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie|Lord Dalhousie]].

==Geography==
Mashobra is located at {{coord|31.13|N|77.23|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/11/Mashobra.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Mashobra]</ref> It has an average elevation of 2,146 [[metre]]s (7,041 [[foot (length)|feet]]).

==Retreat==
Mashobra is notable for housing one of the two [[President of India|Presidential]] retreats in [[India]]. The other retreat is [[Rashtrapati Nilayam]] in [[Secunderabad]].

The president visits Mashobra at least once every year, and during this time his or her core office shifts to the retreat at [[Chharabra]], in the vicinity of Mashobra. The building housing the retreat is a completely wooden structure originally constructed in 1850.<ref name="presidentofindia">{{cite web|title=Official mention and description in Rashtrapati Bhavan site |url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/presidentialretreats.jsp |accessdate=5 July 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702011303/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/scripts/presidentialretreats.jsp |archivedate=2 July 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In May 1948, before returning to London at the end of his mission as viceroy and then governor general of India, Lord Mountbatten and his wife Lady Edwina spent a few weeks in this retreat. The then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru paid them a visit, which is documented in the biographies of Lady Mountbatten.

== Other places of interest ==
Mashobra is also a tourist destination.<ref name="Time Magazine">{{cite news|title=Travelogue in TIME |url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/journey/india.html |accessdate=5 July 2006 |date=8 November 2003 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204184653/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/journey/india.html |archivedate=4 February 2006 }}</ref><ref name="outlook">{{cite web|title=Travelogue in Outlook magazine |url=http://www.outlooktraveller.com/aspscripts/mag_art.asp?magid=116&page=1 |accessdate=5 July 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109223834/http://www.outlooktraveller.com/aspscripts/mag_art.asp?magid=116&page=1 |archivedate=9 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Wildflower Hall]] at [[Chharabra]], now a property of [[Oberoi Hotels]], has been residence to [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] as well as [[Lord Ripon]] during the [[British Raj]].<ref name="Oberoi hotels">{{cite web | title = Oberoi hotels website about Mashobra | url = http://www.oberoihotels.com/india/shimla/oberoiwildflowerhall/travelguide/discoverwildflowerHall.asp?leftinfo=11&leftitem=2 | accessdate = 5 July 2006 }}</ref>
[[Pankaj Mishra]] is a writer/poet who lives in Mashobra.
<ref name="Pankaj Mishra">{{cite web | title = Pankaj Mishra | url =
http://www.pankajmishra.com
}}</ref>
At 3 km from Mashobra is Carignano, a picnic spot that was a villa of Chevalier [[Federico Peliti]],<ref name="Federico Peliti">{{cite web | title = Federico Peliti's 19th Century India | url = http://www.peliti.org/Federico/index.htm | accessdate = 18 January 2015}}</ref> an Italian photographer in India from the times of [[Queen Victoria]], who named it in honor of his native town [[Carignano]] near [[Turin]] in [[Italy]]. The villa was transformed to a weekend resort in 1920 and is also referred to in one of the novels by [[Anita Desai]].<ref name="Hindustani Times">{{cite web | title = Far away from crowds | url = http://travel.hindustantimes.com/travelogues/i-never-fancied-the-crowded.php | accessdate = 17 April 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120305211255/http://travel.hindustantimes.com/travelogues/i-never-fancied-the-crowded.php | archive-date = 5 March 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
Amit Khanna, Film Maker, Poet, Writer and Media Guru has a cottage in Mashobra where he spends several weeks every year working on his new book. Like Amit, Navtej Sarna well known diplomat and author, is also a part time resident of Puranikoti village near Mashobra.

== Flora and fauna ==
[[File:Entrance ,Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pardes, India.JPG|thumb|left|Entrance, [[Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], India]]
[[File:Inner view of Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pardes, India.JPG|thumb|Inner view of Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, India]]
Mashobra is part of [[Shimla Water Catchmentanct Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://hpforest.nic.in/files/ShimlaWaterCatchmentWildLifeSanctuary_A1b.pdf | title=Department Notification No. FFE-B-F(6)-11/2005-II/Shimla Water Catchment | date=7 June 2013 | publisher=Government of Himachal Pradesh Department of Forests | accessdate=18 February 2017 }}</ref> The natural vegetation comprises [[pine]], [[oak]], [[Cedrus deodara|cedar]] or Himalayan ''deodar'', and [[rhododendron]], as well as maple and horse chestnut. The wildlife consists of monkeys, Langurs, [[jackal]]s, ''kakkar'' ([[barking deer]]), and the occasional [[leopard]], as well as numerous bird species such as the [[Himalayan eagle]], [[pheasant]]s, ''chikor'' and [[partridge]]s.

== Educational Institution ==
[[Himalayan International School]] at [[Chharabra]] is a major residential school in Mashobra.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{commons category|Mashobra}}

[[Category:Tourist attractions in Shimla]]