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'''Subathu''' was a hill cantonment in Simla District, [[Punjab]]. Together with [[Kasauli]] and [[Dagshai]], it was 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. They are on the ridges of wooded hills about 20 kms into the Himalayas on the road between Chandigarh and Simla.<ref>Kennedy, David. [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1998-0915659804/0904716348 Re: HURST] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 2 September 1998. Retrieved 9 [Accessed 16 June 20152019].</ref> [[Kasauli]] is the major town in the area.
A photograph of a plaque <ref>From a webpage no longer accessible</ref> advises that Subathu was established as a Military Garrison (6th Native Infantry) in 1815 to oppose the forces of General Amar Singh Thapa located at Maulan Fort. In the olden days the route to [[Simla]] was via Subathu.
*[https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb20/saturday/regional.htm Subathu "A prominent market town of yesteryear"] by Romesh Dutt February 20, 1999 ''The Tribune''
:[https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb20/saturday/regional.htm#2 "Museum that showcases heroic deeds of Gurkhas] by R D [probably Romesh Dutt] February 20, 1999. ''The Tribune''. Located at Subathu.
*[https://theoktravel.com/imperial-legacy-and-gurkha-heritage-subathu/ "Imperial legacy and Gurkha heritage – Subathu"] by Ravinder Makhaik January 10, 2017 theoktravel.com
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000122/windows/main3.htm A beautiful cemetery beckons you] by Madan Gupta Spatu January 22, 2000 ''The Tribune''. It is the oldest cemetery in the Simla Hills which was built soon after the British defeated the Gurkhas here in 1814. It is the burial place of Letitia, the daughter of Sir Henry Lawrence, who was buried here in 1841,([http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_detail.php?id=978504 FIBIS database entry])
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050328/himachal.htm#9 Historical cemetery faces neglect] ''The Tribune '' Monday, March 28, 2005, Chandigarh
*[http://cemeteriesinshimla.blogspot.com.au/#!/2013/05/cemetery-in-subathu-garrison-cemetery.html Cemetery in Subathu - Garrison Cemetery] cemeteriesinshimla.blogspot.com (posted 2013). Contains transcriptions of some of the names from the gravestones.
*"Birds walk the ramp at Subathu, Himachal Pradesh, India" [http://www.indianbirds.in/pdfs/Birds%20walk%20the%20ramp%20at%20Subathu,%20Himachal%20Pradesh,%20IndiaIB2.2_Singh_Subathu.pdf original pdf], [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:3an356Yz0ccJ:www.indianbirds.in/pdfs/"Birds%2520walk%2520the%2520ramp%2520at%2520Subathu,%2520Himachal%2520Pradesh,%2520India.pdf+%E2%80%9CBirds+walk+the+ramp+at+Subathu,+Himachal+Pradesh,+India%E2%80%9D&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgeiSu3texwqfZD3cJ-qrPoO5DuPMd7DXBvZlZ97vCDvKVjR0RrKe6Ji-I008JGZN58Fps1bau1UWacNfH34fNVdLZct3zd-Ulok6blz7WDPVK5qRxLz5qVcqgu-NPfjWY-hywA&sig=AHIEtbRyaEyVfMEmFOirReB0Crs3MS_BbQ html version"] by Lt General Baljit Singh from ''Indian Birds'' Vol 2, No.2 (March-April 2006), pages 38-39
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/g/largeimage57409.html Photograph: General view of the cantonment and sanitarium at Sabathoo] by Samuel Bourne 1865 with [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/g/019pho000000394u00036000.html description] British Library Online Gallery
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/vishal_sharma/5883950801/ Subathu 1880-Solan] flickr.com
