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'''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". <ref> [http://www.archive.org/stream/transactionsepi08londgoog#page/n40/mode/2up "On the Cause of Enteric Fever in India"] by Br H Skey Muir M. D.,page 25 1891 Archive.org</ref>
==Alternative spelling==
*Some details of the construction of the buildings for the Convalescent Depot at Kailana [http://books.google.com/books?id=JZ0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA130 ''Report on the Administration of the N.-W. Provinces for the year 1867-68''], page 130, 1868 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ffcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA109 "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''.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/transactionsepi08londgoog#page/n38/mode/2up "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*[https://archive.org/stream/riflebrigadechr06owngoog#page/n82/mode/2up "Khud Climbing at Kailana"] page 62 ''The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for 1902 (Thirteenth Year)'', published 1903 Archive.org. The 3rd Battalion [[Rifle Brigade]]
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