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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
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|coordinates=[httphttps://mapswww.google.cocom/maps/place/30°54'18.0%22N+77°05'49.uk2%22E/maps?ll=@30.929054787,77.12&z0931162,16z/data=14&t=h&!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d30.905!4d77.097?hl=en 30.92°N 9054787°N 77.12°E0931162°E]|altitude=1,600 502 m (54,200 928 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solan Solan]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh Himachal Pradesh]
}}
'''Solon''' was a hill cantonment in the Simla District, [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] thirty miles from [[Simla]], on the road to [[Kalka]]. It is also a station on the [[Kalka-Simla Railway]] . The date the cantonment was established is unclear. Possible dates range from prior to 1855 to c 1863. It was originally used as a rifle range.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k3-j08QIKWUC&pg=PA2 page 2]''Gazetteer Of the Simla District 1904'' Google Books </ref>
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: SolanVariant: Solon, Solan (current)
==FIBIS resources==
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solan Solan] Wikipedia(retrieved 15 June 2016)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasauli_Brewery Kasauli Brewery] Wikipedia. The brewery was moved from [[Kasauli]] to Solan. Page 3 of this document advises the brewery was established in 1855 in Solan. [http://himachal.nic.in/tcp/DPSolan.pdf original pdf] [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:a0l3jaRxqT0J:himachal.nic.in/tcp/DPSolan.pdf+History+Solan+brewery&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjMux_3GMlAK5R_YrhqWa9mvWcxuDOwomxGwzDorPzipRR_-8kqtnbaf72o0NMxqFPRrbLLI6ggwWuAxUxQTQD4NsReq7NxZE3B4H16oJ6_Ed6yjWA8-Cn6400u5EDenFA8HrqO&sig=AHIEtbTljAEmz004SrhwPLbdoah2zi9fzQ html version] himachal.nic.in
*[http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PiKqdbm2wPGiQnCisfynmK/1800s-Solan-No-1--The-accidental-legacy.html 1800s Solan No. 1: The accidental legacy] The breweries in Solan and [[Kasauli]]. livemint.com
