Jutogh

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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
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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

Postcards of the cantonment

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