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'''Jutogh''' | '''Jutogh''' was a hill cantonment near [[Simla]] in the Simla District during the British period. | ||
The ''Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904'' states: | The ''Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904'' states: | ||
"The station of Jutogh lies in a detached hill overlooking the old Kalka and Simla road, some three miles from the west end of [[Simla]]. The hill was acquired by the British Government in 1843. It was first occupied by a regiment of Gurkhas, and was afterwards made over to the Governors of the Bishop Cotton School, but, being found unsuitable for this purpose, was for a time abandoned. Two batteries of British Mountain Artillery and two companies of British Infantry are stationed here during the summer months". | "The station of Jutogh lies in a detached hill overlooking the old Kalka and Simla road, some three miles from the west end of [[Simla]]. The hill was acquired by the British Government in 1843. It was first occupied by a regiment of Gurkhas, and was afterwards made over to the Governors of the Bishop Cotton School, but, being found unsuitable for this purpose, was for a time abandoned. Two batteries of British Mountain Artillery and two companies of British Infantry are stationed here during the summer months". | ||
==Spelling variants== | |||
Jutogh, Jukko. Jakhu, Jakko | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutogh Jutogh] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutogh Jutogh] Wikipedia (retrieved 28 May 2016) | ||
*[http://www.cbjutogh.org/ Cantonment Board, Jutogh] website contains a photograph of St. Michael’s Church, Jutogh. | *[http://www.cbjutogh.org/ Cantonment Board, Jutogh] website contains a photograph of St. Michael’s Church, Jutogh. | ||
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/j/019pho000000181u00033000.html Photograph: Jutogh, a military station, <nowiki>[looking]</nowiki> W.N.W. from Prospect Hill, Simla]. www.bl.uk/onlinegallery | *[http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/202182/samuel-bourne-simla-looking-towards-jakko-english-1863/ 1863 Photograph: Simla; Looking towards Jakko] by Samuel Bourne. J. Paul Getty Museum from an [http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/33205/samuel-bourne-unknown-possibly-shepherd-robertson-et-al-india-scenic-views-architectural-and-figure-studies-plus-portraits-english-1860s/ Album of scenic views]. There are a few images on page 4 titled Jakko. | ||
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/j/019pho000000181u00033000.html 1903 Photograph: Jutogh, a military station, <nowiki>[looking]</nowiki> W.N.W. from Prospect Hill, Simla]. www.bl.uk/onlinegallery | |||
*[http://www.25thlondon.com/hpalbum/142_-_Jatogh_Barracks.html Photograph: Jutogh Barracks] c 1917 25thlondon.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014 | *[http://www.25thlondon.com/hpalbum/142_-_Jatogh_Barracks.html Photograph: Jutogh Barracks] c 1917 25thlondon.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014 | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k3-j08QIKWUC&pg=PA118 Page 118, ''Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904''] being ''Punjab District Gazetteers Volume VIII-A'' (reprint) Preview Google | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k3-j08QIKWUC&pg=PA118 Page 118, ''Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904''] being ''Punjab District Gazetteers Volume VIII-A'' (reprint) Preview Google Book | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_246.gif Jutogh] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 14, p. 240. | |||
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037450601.0x000020 Jutogh], page 16 ''Thim Days Is Gone''. Qatar Digital Library. A memoir written by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy recounting his career, initially in the Royal Artillery in a Light Battery, and an Indian Mountain Battery in the 1930s. He then joined the Foreign and Political Department in October 1936 | |||
Latest revision as of 18:03, 23 August 2022
| Jutogh | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 31.1°N 77.12°E |
| Altitude: | 1,729 m (5,673 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Jutogh |
| State/Province: | Himachal Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
Jutogh was a hill cantonment near Simla in the Simla District during the British period.
The Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904 states: "The station of Jutogh lies in a detached hill overlooking the old Kalka and Simla road, some three miles from the west end of Simla. The hill was acquired by the British Government in 1843. It was first occupied by a regiment of Gurkhas, and was afterwards made over to the Governors of the Bishop Cotton School, but, being found unsuitable for this purpose, was for a time abandoned. Two batteries of British Mountain Artillery and two companies of British Infantry are stationed here during the summer months".
Spelling variants
Jutogh, Jukko. Jakhu, Jakko
External links
- Jutogh Wikipedia (retrieved 28 May 2016)
- Cantonment Board, Jutogh website contains a photograph of St. Michael’s Church, Jutogh.
- 1863 Photograph: Simla; Looking towards Jakko by Samuel Bourne. J. Paul Getty Museum from an Album of scenic views. There are a few images on page 4 titled Jakko.
- 1903 Photograph: Jutogh, a military station, [looking] W.N.W. from Prospect Hill, Simla. www.bl.uk/onlinegallery
- Photograph: Jutogh Barracks c 1917 25thlondon.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014
Historical books online
- Page 118, Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904 being Punjab District Gazetteers Volume VIII-A (reprint) Preview Google Book
- Jutogh Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 240.
- Jutogh, page 16 Thim Days Is Gone. Qatar Digital Library. A memoir written by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy recounting his career, initially in the Royal Artillery in a Light Battery, and an Indian Mountain Battery in the 1930s. He then joined the Foreign and Political Department in October 1936
