List of Indian hill stations

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List of Indian hill stations

Kalimpong town as viewed from a distant hill. In the background are the Himalayan mountains.

A hill station or Hill Station is a high-altitude town, used especially by European colonialists, as a place of refuge from the summer heat. They are prevalent in Southeast Asian and South Asian countries, particularly India and Pakistan.

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Several hill stations served as summer capitals of Indian provinces, princely states, or, in the case of Simla, of British India itself. Since Indian Independence, the role of these hill stations as summer capitals has largely ended, but many hill stations remain popular summer resorts.