Place · Congress founder's residence · India
Rothney Castle, Shimla
Also known as Rothney Shimla
Rothney Castle on Jākhū hill, the Shimla residence of Allan Octavian Hume from 1870 until his departure for England in 1894. From its library he wrote the March 1883 open letter to the Calcutta University graduates that led to the first session of the Indian National Congress at Bombay in December 1885 — Rothney Castle is in that sense one of the few surviving incubator sites of modern Indian political life. Its 82,000-specimen ornithological collection is now in the British Museum.
- Periods
- British Colonial Age
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 31.108, 77.181
Connections (1)
- Site withinShimla
Rothney Castle on Jākhū hill was the Shimla residence of A. O. Hume from 1870 until 1894. From its library he wrote the March 1883 open letter to the Calcutta University graduates that led directly to the first session of the Indian National Congress at Bombay in December 1885. Rothney Castle is in that sense one of the few surviving incubator sites of modern Indian political life.
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