100 year old shop in Shimla-old british battery boxes...
Although history is read only in books, but there is a place in shimla where history is also present in the fragrance. There is a shop about 100 years old in Lower Bazaar of shimla, where history can be felt even in the smell. Actually, there is a famous pickle shop in shimla, which is known as Thakur Bhrata. This shop was started in the year 1925 on 3rd May. From then till now this shop has been spreading the magic of its taste here. Along with pickles, people here also get Ayurvedic medicine. The shop is recognized for its purity even after entering its 100th year.
Dozens of varieties of pickles are available
25 to 30 different types of pickles and murabbas are available in Thakur Bhrata shop. Before independence, the name of this shop was Thakur Brothers. When the country got independence, the name of Thakur Brothers was changed to Thakur Bhrata. When the shop was started in the year 1925, Thakur Chand started this shop with Rs 350. He also had to borrow Rs 500 to start the shop. This was a huge amount in the year 1925. When Thakur Chand's work started, after two years he also included his younger brother prithvi Chand in this work. Now Thakur Chand's son Vijay Kumar, who has completed 86 years of age, is taking this work forward along with his brother.
In Thakur Bhrata shop, pickles are kept in battery boxes that are more than 150 years old. The batteries in these battery boxes used to come from england during the british rule. Before the year 1912, there used to be a Captain rank officer in the US Club of shimla, these batteries were used for lighting his official residence. At that time liquid batteries were used. The battery used to reach shimla from england in this box. When electricity came from Chaba Power Project in shimla, these battery boxes became somewhat irrelevant and went into scrap. At that time Thakur Chand had bought these battery boxes from a junk shop for one rupee. Thakur Chand had bought more than 25 such boxes, in which pickles are kept here even today.
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