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Mall road in Shimla with many people walking on this famous strip of hill station road. Some are going about their daily lives, some are on a shopping spree and some tourists are just loitering about soaking in the summer sun. We also see an ICICI Bank branch to one side of the road, and a group of people having a conversation. Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over 21,495 sq mi (55,670 km2), and is bordered by Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east. Himachal Pradesh is famous for its abundant natural beauty. After the war between Nepal and Britain, also known as the Anglo-Gorkha War (1814–1816), the British colonial government came into power. In 1