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'''Kasauli''' is a small town in the foot hills foothills of the Himalayas. KasauliIt was attached to the Ambala District during the British period and, together with [[Dagshai]] and [[Subathu]] is , 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 to in the hot weather which was so unhealthy in the plains.
<ref>Kennedy, David. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1998-09/0904716348 Re: HURST] Rootsweb India Mailing List 2 September 1998. Retrieved 9 June 2015</ref> Up to at least 1870 it was used as a convalescent depot <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ffcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA373 page 373], ''Abstract of the proceedings of the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, for the months of January, February, March and April 1870'' Google Books</ref>
The town sits on the ridge of a wooded hill on the road between Chandigarh and [[Simla]]. Nearby towns include [[Dagshai]], [[SubathuKalka]] and Kalka.
The [[Lawrence Military Asylum]], now the Lawrence School is situated in nearby [[Sanawar]].
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Kasauli<br>
Variants: Kussowlee/Kussowlie/Kasowli/Kasooli
*[http://www.slideshare.net/AmitRanjan/pictures-from-kasauli-hill-station-in-himachal-pradesh-presentation 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
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98dec26/saturday/regional.htm "Kasauli: A tourist resort with unrealised potential"] by Ankur Bansal ''The Tribune'' Saturday, 26 December 1998
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_074.gif Kasuali] Imperial Gazetteer
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dpFeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA157 "Kussowlie"] page 157 ''A Guide to Simla: With a Descriptive Account of the Neighbouring Sanitaria, Subathoo, Dugshaie, Sunawur, Kussowlie, Kotegurh, Chini, &c., &c., &cā¬'' by W H Carey 1870 Google Books
==References==
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