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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]]
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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
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|coordinates=[https://www.google.com/maps/place/30°54'18.0%22N+77°05'49.2%22E/@30.9054787,77.0931162,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d30.905!4d77.097?hl=en 30.9054787°N 77.0931162°E]
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|altitude=1,502 m (4,928 ft)
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|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solan Solan]
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|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh Himachal Pradesh]
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|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
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|transport=[[Kalka-Simla Railway]]
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The date the cantonment was established is unclear.  Possible dates range from prior to 1855 to c 1863.
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'''Solon''' was a hill cantonment in the Simla District, [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] 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.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k3-j08QIKWUC&pg=PA2 page 2]''Gazetteer Of the Simla District 1904'' Google Books  </ref>
  
 
==Spelling variants==
 
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Solon, Solan (current)
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Modern name: Solan
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Variant: Solon
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==FIBIS resources==
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*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=714&format=1&st=0&np=2&tn=15 St Stephen, Solon]. FIBIS database. Photographs of the church and eleven gravestones.
  
 
==External links==
 
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solan Solan] Wikipedia
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solan Solan] Wikipedia (retrieved 15 June 2016)
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*[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
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_Meakin_Limited Mohan Meakin Limited] Wikipedia
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*From the photograph album of Harry Lamming, Battery Sergeant-Major of the [http://www.king-emperor.com/Photographs%20-%2017th%20Pack%20Battery%20RGA.html 17th Pack Battery RGA]. www.king-emperor.com
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**[http://www.king-emperor.com/Solan%201922.jpg  Anglican Church in Solan - August 1922]
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**[http://www.king-emperor.com/Solan%20from%20Telegraph%20Hill.jpg  Solan from Telegraph Hill - August 1922]
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*Photographs by siddharthashukla on flickr.com
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**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/siddharthashukla/5319105647/in/photostream/ Solan Town 1], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/siddharthashukla/5319702462/in/photostream/ Solan Town 2]
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**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/siddharthashukla/5319707122/in/photostream/ Solan Brewery 1] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/siddharthashukla/5319106767/in/photostream/ Solan Brewery 2]
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====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.
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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
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== References ==
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]  
 
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[[Category:Hill Stations]]
 
[[Category:Hill Stations]]

Latest revision as of 20:50, 14 December 2020

Solon
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 30.9054787°N 77.0931162°E
Altitude: 1,502 m (4,928 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Solan
State/Province: Himachal Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Kalka-Simla Railway

Solon was a hill cantonment in the Simla District, Punjab Province 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

Modern name: Solan Variant: Solon

FIBIS resources

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
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