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Modern name: Sabathu | Modern name: Sabathu | ||
'''Alternative spelling'''<br> | '''Alternative spelling'''<br> | ||
| − | Variants: Subathu | + | Variants: Subathu, Subathoo, Sabhathu |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:3an356Yz0ccJ:www.indianbirds.in/pdfs/Birds%2520walk%2520the%2520ramp%2520at%2520Subathu,%2520Himachal%2520Pradesh,%2520India.pdf+subathu+himachal&hl=en&gl=au&sig=AHIEtbQxLrhgP3TOrmHuoKseYgNxd15oEA “Birds walk the ramp at Subathu, Himachal Pradesh, India”] by Lt General Baljit Singh from ''Indian Birds'' Vol 2, No.2 (March-April 2006), pages 38-39 | *[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:3an356Yz0ccJ:www.indianbirds.in/pdfs/Birds%2520walk%2520the%2520ramp%2520at%2520Subathu,%2520Himachal%2520Pradesh,%2520India.pdf+subathu+himachal&hl=en&gl=au&sig=AHIEtbQxLrhgP3TOrmHuoKseYgNxd15oEA “Birds walk the ramp at Subathu, Himachal Pradesh, India”] by Lt General Baljit Singh from ''Indian Birds'' Vol 2, No.2 (March-April 2006), pages 38-39 | ||
*[http://beacononline.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/subathu/ Subathu – A Photo feature by Jyoti Thapa Mani] from the Himalayan Beacon | *[http://beacononline.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/subathu/ Subathu – A Photo feature by Jyoti Thapa Mani] from the Himalayan Beacon | ||
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| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=EX4FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA337 "Topographical and Sanitary Report on Subathoo (a Lower Himalayan Station"] by Dr Munro Surgeon, 93rd Highlanders. ''Annals of military and naval surgery and tropical medicine and hygiene: Volume 1 for the year 1863'' 1864 Google Books | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=L44IAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PA51 Report on the Water-Supply of Subathoo] by W. G. May, Assistant Surgeon, Analyst 0f Potable Waters ''Fifth Report on the analysis of potable waters of cantonments in the Bengal presidency'' 1869 Google Books | ||
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] [[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] [[Category:Locations]] | ||
Revision as of 11:16, 6 August 2011
| Subathu | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 30.97°N 76.99°E |
| Altitude: | 1,265 m (4,150 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Sabathu |
| State/Province: | Himachal Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
This India List post advises that Subathu, together with Kasauli and Dagshai, were hill depots created by the British Army in the mid-19th c 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. Kasauli is the major town in the area.
A photograph of a plaque in a link below 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
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Sabathu
Alternative spelling
Variants: Subathu, Subathoo, Sabhathu
External links
- Churches and Cemeteries of Himachal Pradesh from Himachal Tourism has sections on Subathu, Kasauli , and Dagshai, in addition to Simla and other towns
- Historical cemetery faces neglect The Tribune Monday, March 28, 2005, Chandigarh
- “Birds walk the ramp at Subathu, Himachal Pradesh, India” by Lt General Baljit Singh from Indian Birds Vol 2, No.2 (March-April 2006), pages 38-39
- Subathu – A Photo feature by Jyoti Thapa Mani from the Himalayan Beacon
Historical books online
- "Topographical and Sanitary Report on Subathoo (a Lower Himalayan Station" by Dr Munro Surgeon, 93rd Highlanders. Annals of military and naval surgery and tropical medicine and hygiene: Volume 1 for the year 1863 1864 Google Books
- Report on the Water-Supply of Subathoo by W. G. May, Assistant Surgeon, Analyst 0f Potable Waters Fifth Report on the analysis of potable waters of cantonments in the Bengal presidency 1869 Google Books
