Chakrata

Chakrata is located in the Dehra Dun District, between Mussoorie and Simla. It was established as a cantonment in 1866 and first occupied in 1869.

Kailana which is located nearby, was established at the same time as an Army Convalescent Depot. Its function may have changed changed, as circa 1891, "The troops here consist of two bodies of men. A whole regiment is quartered upon two hills known as Chakrata proper. On an adjacent hill, called Kailana, which is about two-and-a-half miles from Chakrata , some 750 men (small detachments from several regiments and batteries), known as "details" are located. The "details" generally march up some ten or twelve days later than the regiment".

Alternative spelling

Chakratta, Chakrauta, Chuckrata, Chhuckrowta

External links

• Chakrata Wikipedia
• Chakrata www.chakrata.in
• Chakrata Hill resorts of U.P. Himalaya: a geographical study, page 81 by Nutan Tyagi 1991 Google Books
• From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment to Adolf Feller of Switzerland.
  • Kailana Bazar post stamped 30.7.1928 with reverse side
  • Kailana, Siaha Rest Camp post stamped 23.10.1928 with reverse side

Historical books online

• "Chakrata Tahsil" and "Chakrata Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 10, p. 125.
• "Special Reports With Reference To The Proposed New Site For Military Cantonments On The Pokree Range In The Himalaya Mountains, East Indies" by H. M. Fraser, M.D., Surgeon, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade. Army Medical Department: Statistical, Sanitary and Medical Reports, Volume VII for the Year 1865. Presented to both Houses of Parliament
• Some details of the construction of the buildings for the Convalescent Depot at Kailana Report on the Administration of the N.-W. Provinces for the year 1867-68, page 130, 1868 Google Books
• "Modification of Standard Plan of Barracks for Married Soldiers in the Hills", page 109 Abstract of the proceedings of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, for the months of January, February, March and April 1870.
• "On the Cause of Enteric Fever in India" by Br H Skey Muir M. D. Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London: Volume 10, page 22 1891 Archive.org