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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solan Solan] Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solan Solan] Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasauli_Brewery Kasauli Brewery] Wikipedia. The brewery was moved from [[Kasauli]] to Solan. Page 3 of this document advises the brewery was established in 1855 in Solan. [http://himachal.nic.in/tcp/DPSolan.pdf original pdf] [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:a0l3jaRxqT0J:himachal.nic.in/tcp/DPSolan.pdf+History+Solan+brewery&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjMux_3GMlAK5R_YrhqWa9mvWcxuDOwomxGwzDorPzipRR_-8kqtnbaf72o0NMxqFPRrbLLI6ggwWuAxUxQTQD4NsReq7NxZE3B4H16oJ6_Ed6yjWA8-Cn6400u5EDenFA8HrqO&sig=AHIEtbTljAEmz004SrhwPLbdoah2zi9fzQ html version] himachal.nic.in
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasauli_Brewery Kasauli Brewery] Wikipedia. The brewery was moved from [[Kasauli]] to Solan. Page 3 of this document advises the brewery was established in 1855 in Solan. [http://himachal.nic.in/tcp/DPSolan.pdf original pdf] [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:a0l3jaRxqT0J:himachal.nic.in/tcp/DPSolan.pdf+History+Solan+brewery&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjMux_3GMlAK5R_YrhqWa9mvWcxuDOwomxGwzDorPzipRR_-8kqtnbaf72o0NMxqFPRrbLLI6ggwWuAxUxQTQD4NsReq7NxZE3B4H16oJ6_Ed6yjWA8-Cn6400u5EDenFA8HrqO&sig=AHIEtbTljAEmz004SrhwPLbdoah2zi9fzQ html version] himachal.nic.in
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*[http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PiKqdbm2wPGiQnCisfynmK/1800s-Solan-No-1--The-accidental-legacy.html 1800s Solan No. 1: The accidental legacy] The breweries in Solan and [[Kasauli]]. livemint.com
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_Meakin_Limited Mohan Meakin Limited] Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_Meakin_Limited Mohan Meakin Limited] Wikipedia
 
*Photographs by siddharthashukla on flickr.com
 
*Photographs by siddharthashukla on flickr.com
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===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
 
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_079.gif "Solon"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23'', page 73.
 
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_079.gif "Solon"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23'', page 73.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k3-j08QIKWUC&pg=PA119 "Solon"], page 119 ''Gazetteer Of the Simla District 1904'' Google Books
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k3-j08QIKWUC&pg=PA119 "Solon"], page 119 ''Gazetteer Of the Simla District 1904'' Google Books
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 00:02, 12 December 2012

Solon was a hill cantonment in the Simla District, thirty miles from Simla, on the road to Kalka. It is also a station on the Kalka-Simla Railway

The date the cantonment was established is unclear. Possible dates range from prior to 1855 to c 1863. It was originally used as a rifle range.[1]

Spelling variants

Solon, Solan (current)

External links

Historical books online

  • "Solon" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 73.
  • "Solon", page 119 Gazetteer Of the Simla District 1904 Google Books

References

  1. page 2Gazetteer Of the Simla District 1904 Google Books