Kasauli

Kasauli
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates:	30.9°N 76.96°E
Altitude:	1795m (5889 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Kasauli
State/Province:	Himachal Pradesh
Country:	India
Transport links
Kalka-Simla Railway

Kasauli is a small town in the foothills of the Himalayas. It was attached to the Ambala District during the British period and, together with Dagshai and Subathu, was one of a number of hill depots created by the British army in the mid-19th century for the families and some of the troops to escape the hot weather which was so unhealthy in the plains. Up to at least 1870 it was used as a convalescent depot.

The town sits on the ridge of a wooded hill on the road between Chandigarh and Simla. Nearby towns include Kalka.

The Lawrence Military Asylum, now the Lawrence School is situated in nearby Sanawar.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Kasauli
Variants: Kussowlee/Kussowlie/Kasowli/Kasooli

Railways

The nearest station is a few miles east at Dharampur on the Kalka-Simla Railway. The station at Kalka is a several miles south of Kasauli.

Churches

• Christ Church - Anglican (pictured). In 2001, The Tribune described the church as somewhat dilapidated but noted the high quality fittings and glass.

Cemeteries

BACSA has files on Kasauli in their British Library archive, search for cemetery reference here. The photographs show the wooded, hillside cemetery in poor condition.

Institutions

The Pasteur Institute, for treatment of rabies, and the Central Research Institute, for research into tropical diseases, were opened at Kasauli in July 1900. In 1905 the control of the institutes was separated, but combined again in 1911.

External links

• Kasauli Wikipedia
• Photographs of Kussowlie 1867 (scroll down) by a member of the 21st Hussars hussards-photos.com
• Photograph: Kasauli. Christ Church from a collection “ca. 1889, some photographs later” New York Public Library Digital Collection.
• Photograph: Club house and recreation ground at Kasauli from a collection “ca. 1889, some photographs later” New York Public Library Digital Collection.
• Churches and Cemeteries of Himachal Pradesh, now an archived webpage, from Himachal Tourism has sections on Kasauli , Subathu and Dagshai, in addition to Simla and other towns.
• Kasauli Brewery Wikipedia, Mohan Meakin Limited Wikipedia. 1800s Solan No. 1: The accidental legacy The breweries in Kasauli and Solan livemint.com
• Postcard: The Market, Kasauli paperjewels.org

Postcard: Kasauli from above Belvedere looking NW. 1915 Images of Asia, now archived.

• Pictures from Kasauli - hill station in Himachal Pradesh Photos from slideshare.net . Photo no. 42 shows the location of nearby towns in relation to Kasauli.
• "Kasauli: A tourist resort with unrealised potential" by Ankur Bansal The Tribune Saturday, 26 December 1998

Historical books online

• Kasuali Imperial Gazetteer
• "Kussowlie" page 157 A Guide to Simla: With a Descriptive Account of the Neighbouring Sanitaria, Subathoo, Dugshaie, Sunawur, Kussowlie, Kotegurh, Chini, &c., &c., &c‬ by W H Carey 1870 Google Books
• There are various reference to Kasauli in Punjab District Gazetteers Volume VIII A. Simla District 1904, but page 15 states that the pargana of Kasauli, which was once part of the Simla District was transferred to Ambala in 1899.

"Kasauli" page 140 Punjab District Gazetteers Volume VII Part A Ambala District 1923-24. 1998 reprint of 1925 original.

• "Kasauli: A Hill Station" page 146 Many Camps : Sketches of Indian Life by Arthur Waltham Howlett 1912 (articles republished from the Manchester Guardian) Google Books. Howlett was at that time an Indian Army doctor with the Indian Medical Service. Also available Archive.org.
• "Kasauli - A Study in Contrasts" by Major S Smith RAMC page 448 Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Volume 53 1929 Archive.org