Question:
Arrange these foreign travellers who visited Himachal Pradesh in chronological order:
(1) Captain Munde
(2) Baron Hugel
(3) J.B. Fraser
(4) Alexander Gerard
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(A) (2), (1), (3), (4)
(B) (4), (3), (1), (2)
(C) (3), (4), (1), (2)
(D) (3), (1), (2), (4)
Answer : (C) (3), (4), (1), (2)
The correct chronological order of these foreign travellers’ visits to the Himachal Pradesh region is J.B. Fraser, Alexander Gerard, Captain Munde, and Baron Hugel.
Chronology of Visits
Here are the approximate dates of their travels in the region, confirming the sequence from earliest to latest.
- J.B. Fraser 🗺️
- Year: 1815. The Scottish traveller and artist documented his journey in the “Journal of a Tour through Part of the Snowy Range of the Himala Mountains” shortly after the Anglo-Gorkha War.
- Alexander Gerard 🧭
- Year: 1817-1818. A Scottish surveyor, Gerard conducted one of the first detailed surveys of the Sutlej valley and the surrounding Himalayan regions.
- Captain Munde ✍️
- Year: 1829. Captain G.C. Mundy, an aide-de-camp to the then Commander-in-Chief of India, Lord Combermere, toured the Shimla hills and described his experiences.
- Baron Hugel 🔬
- Year: 1835. The Austrian naturalist and explorer Baron Charles von Hügel travelled through the region, including the Shimla hills, as part of his extensive exploration of Northern India.