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This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1998-09/0904716348 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 no longer accessible) 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
Subathu is close to [[Kasauli]], but at a considerably lower level. Subathu lay in the ‘malarial belt’ and the disease in 1841 claimed the life the Letitia, the daughter of Sir Henry Lawrence (of Indian Mutiny fame). After this tragedy, Lawrence’s wife, Honoria, could not bear to live in the place any longer. By that time the Kasauli hill had also been surveyed and they decided to move to its healthier climate. The Lawrences built ‘Sunnyside’, the first European residence on the hill [at Kasauli] and Lawrence’s wife Honoria wrote in a letter, "From our house we can see the burial ground at Subathoo where the mortal remains of our little angel lie. It is on a solitary hill above Subathoo, ten miles from Kussowlie."<ref>[http://www.travelintelligence.com/travel-writing/kasauli-of-bun-samosas-and-rissoles "Kasauli: of Bun-Samosas and Rissoles"] by Raaja Bhasin travelintelligence.com</ref>
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050328/himachal.htm#9 Historical cemetery faces neglect] The Tribune Monday, March 28, 2005, Chandigarh
*[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://beacononlinewww.wordpressflickr.com/2008photos/07vishal_sharma/185883950801/ Subathu 1880-Solan] flickr.com*Postcard [http:/subathu/ postcards.delcampe.co.uk/page/item/id,87098588,var,IP15-INDIA-SUBATHU-Back-view-of-Hospital,language,E.html Subathu – A Photo feature by Jyoti Thapa Mani-Back view of Hospital] from the Himalayan BeaconClick to enlarge. postcards.delcampe.co.uk Probably c 1910*Postcard [http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B004KIFNX2/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=11052681&s=kitchen Subathu, The Barrack] amazon.co.uk. Probably c 1910*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/34474639@N08/5609827874/ solan 4rm mid way of mount karol] ankit dabral flickr.com*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/klausnahr/4225187239/ Subathu] klausnahr flickr.com
==Historical books online==
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k3-j08QIKWUC&pg=PA119 Subathu], page 119 ''Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904'' Google Books
