The
Naldehra Golf Course (Curzon’s
Course) What today is less an hour’s
drive from Shimla, the state capital
of Himachal Pardesh was more of a day’s
march or a long rickshaw ride to the
glade of Naldehra when the town was the
summer capital of British India. As fc
sent to rule India fell in love with
the spot. He would abandon the resplendent
Viceregal Lodge in town and camp in the
cedar woods of Naldehra for weeks on
end, communicating with his office and
sending messages that controlled one-fifth
of the human race by heliograph. His
youngest daughter, Alexandra was regarded
to have been conceived at the glade he
loved so much and was given 'Naldehra’ as
her middle name.
As a Significant part of this romance
and perhaps the most enduring one, he
suggested the layout of a golf course
on the site. Soon after Curzon’s
departure from India, The Naldehra Golf
Club came into being and has been in
existence since 1905. |
