Famous Personalities Associated with Mountain and Hill Stations

Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate poet, was born in Shimla in 1861.

Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Gulmarg in 1948.

Madhubala, the iconic Bollywood actress, was born in Nainital in 1933.

Lord Curzon, the British Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905, built the Viceregal Lodge in Shimla.

Chandra Shekhar Azad, the Indian freedom fighter, was associated with the hill station of Mussoorie, where he spent some time in hiding.

Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, visited Darjeeling in 1950.

Virender Sehwag, the former Indian cricketer, was born in Dehradun in 1978.

Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister, signed the Shimla Agreement with Pakistan in 1972.

R. K. Narayan, the Indian author, was associated with the hill station of Ooty, where he spent some time in his childhood.

Lord Irwin, the British Governor-General of India from 1926 to 1931, built the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Shimla.

Satyajit Ray, the Indian film director, was born in Darjeeling in 1921.

Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, visited Mussoorie during the 1962 Sino-Indian War.

Lata Mangeshkar, the Indian singer, was born in Nainital in 1929.

Lord Curzon, the British Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905, built the Summer Hill in Shimla.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former Indian Prime Minister, was born in Mussoorie in 1924.