Hill stations in india

Night view of shimla

Hill station is a term used for a town usually at somewhat higher elevations. The term was used in colonial Asia (particularly India, but rarely in Africa), where towns have been founded by European colonial rulers as refuges from the summer heat. In the Indian context most hill stations are at an altitude of approximately between 1,000 and 2,500 metres (3,500 to 7,500 feet); very few are outside this range.
Hill stations being at higher altitudes are cooler than plains.

The British Raj, and in particular the British Indian Army, founded perhaps 50 of the 80-odd hill stations in the Indian subcontinent; the remainder were built by various Indian rulers over the centuries as places of leisure or even as permanent capitals. Some respected historians such as Dane Kennedy say there are only 65 "true" hill stations in the subcontinent, if one combines adjoining stations and excludes small hamlets without civic facilities.
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.

List of hill stations
This is a list of hill stations in various countries, which are mainly in Asia.
India (by state)
See also: Category:Indian hill stations
Most famous hill stations in North India are Shimla, Darjeeling, Kullu-Manali, Mussoorie, Nainital and that in South India are Ooty, Munnar and Kodaikanal.
Andhra Pradesh
Horsley Hills
Ananthagiri Hills
Araku Valley
Gujarat
Saputara
Himachal Pradesh
Chail
Dalhousie
Dharamsala
Kasauli
Kullu and Manali
Shimla
Jammu and Kashmir
Pahalgam
Gulmarg
Patnitop
Khilanmarg
Jharkhand
Hazaribagh
Karnataka
Agumbe
Horanadu
Kemmannagundi
Kudremukh
Nandi Hills
Kerala
Devikulam
Munnar
Nelliampathi
Peermade
Ponmudi
Wayanad
Vellarimala
Trivendram
Kovalambith
Madhya Pradesh
Pachmarhi
Maharashtra
Khandala
Lonavala
Mahabaleshwar
Matheran
Panchgani
Karjat
Igatpuri
Panhala
Toranmal
Meghalaya
Shillong
Cherrapunjee
Rajasthan
Mount Abu
Tamil Nadu
Yelagiri
Coonoor
Kodaikanal
Udagamandalam
Yercaud
Kolli hills
Uttarakhand
Bhimtal
Chamoli
Mussoorie
Landour
Nainital
Nanda Devi
Pithoragarh