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Solon was a hill cantonment in the Simla District, thirty miles from {{Locations_Infobox|presidency= [[SimlaBengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]|image= |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]|altitude=1, on the road to 502 m (4,928 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solan Solan]|stateprovince= [Kalkahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh Himachal Pradesh]|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]. It is also a station on the |transport=[[Kalka-Simla Railway]]}}
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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==
Modern name: SolanVariant: Solon, Solan (current)
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/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==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solan Solan] Wikipedia(retrieved 15 June 2016)
*[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://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
*From the photograph album of Harry Lamming, Battery Sergeant-Major of the [http://www.king-emperor.com/page53Photographs%20-%2017th%20Pack%20Battery%20RGA.html 17th Pack Battery RGA]. www.king-emperor.com
**[http://www.king-emperor.com/Solan%201922.jpg Anglican Church in Solan - August 1922]
**[http://www.king-emperor.com/Solan%20from%20Telegraph%20Hill.jpg Solan from Telegraph Hill - August 1922]
**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/siddharthashukla/5319707122/in/photostream/ Solan Brewery 1] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/siddharthashukla/5319106767/in/photostream/ Solan Brewery 2]
====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://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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