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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|image=Christ Church Kasauli.jpg
|coordinates=[http://maps.google.comco.uk/maps?ll=30.9,76.96&spnz=0.3,0.312&t=mh&qhl=en 30.9,9°N 76.96 +30° 54' 0.00", +76° 57' 36.00"96°E]
|altitude= 1795m (5889 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasauli Kasauli]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh Himachal Pradesh]
|country=India
|transport=[[Kalka-Simla Railway]]
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'''Kasauli''' is a small town in the foot hills foothills of the Himalayas. It was first expanded by attached to the Ambala District during the British into a period and, together with [[Dagshai]] and [[hill stationSubathu]] , was one of a number of hill depots created by the British army in the mid-19th centuryfor the families and some of the troops to escape the hot weather which was so unhealthy in the plains.<ref>Kennedy, David. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200927000524/https://mlarchives. rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=15659804 Re: HURST] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 2 September 1998, now archived.</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]], [[Subathu]] and [[Kalka]].
The [[Lawrence Military Asylum]], now the Lawrence School is situated in nearby [[Sanawar]].
==Alternative spellingSpelling variants==Modern name: Kasauli<br>Variants: Kussowlee, /Kussowlie, /Kasowli, /Kasooli
==Railways==
The nearest station is a few miles east at [[Dharampur, Himachal Pradesh|Dharampur]] on the [[Kalka-Simla Railway]]. The station at Kalka is a several miles south of Kasauli.
==Churches==
==Cemeteries==
[[BACSA]] has files on Kasauli in their British Library archive, [http://www.bacsa.frontisgrouporg.comuk/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=209&s_id=86&sort=0&st=600&np=24&tnpage_id=1188 details 697 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. <ref> ''[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2300847/?page=1 British Medical Journal]'' 7 February 1914 [Accessed 13 June 2011]</ref>
 
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasauli Kasauli] Wikipedia
*[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_21_ALB_Favorite.htm Photographs of Kussowlie 1867] (scroll down) by a member of the [[21st Hussars]] hussards-photos.com*[https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6247-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Photograph: Kasauli. Christ Church] from a collection “ca. 1889, some photographs later” New York Public Library Digital Collection.*[https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-624b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Photograph: Club house and recreation ground at Kasauli] from a collection “ca. 1889, some photographs later” New York Public Library Digital Collection.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140703163042/http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/Churches-and-cemeteries-of-Himachal-Pradesh.aspx Churches and Cemeteries of Himchal Himachal Pradesh] , now an archived webpage, from Himachal Tourism has sections on Kasauli , [[Subathu]] and [[Dagshai]], in addition to [[Simla]] and other towns.*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasauli_Brewery Kasauli Brewery] Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_Meakin_Limited Mohan Meakin Limited] Wikipedia. [http://www.chillibreezelivemint.com/articlesLeisure/PiKqdbm2wPGiQnCisfynmK/TheDriveUphill1800s-Solan-No-1--The-accidental-legacy.html 1800s Solan No.asp “The Drive Uphill1: On the road from Chandigarh to The accidental legacy] The breweries in Kasauli"and [[Solon|Solan]] by Shalini Bahadur from chillibreeze livemint.com*[httphttps://www.imagesofasiapaperjewels.comorg/html/indiapostcard/market-kasauli-market.html Postcard: The Market, Kasauli Market 1910], paperjewels.org :[https://web.archive.org/web/20160412001545/http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/india/kasauli.html Postcard: Kasauli from above Belvedere looking NW . 1915] Postcards from Images of Asia, now archived.*[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., &c‬'' by W H Carey 1870 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MPA2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA146 "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.
 
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