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This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1998-09/0904716348 post] advises that '''Subathu'''was a hill cantonment in Simla District, together [[Punjab]]. Together with [[Kasauli]] and [[Dagshai]], were hill depots it was created by the British Army in the mid-19th c 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. [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> [[Kasauli]] is the major town in the area.

A photograph of a plaque (in <ref>From a link 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.

Modern name: Sabathu'''Alternative spelling'''<br>Variants: Subathu/Subathoo/Soobathoo/Sabhathu ==First World War==There was a Young Officers’ School at Subathu c 1917-1919. This appears to have been associated with a similar School at [[Ambala]]<ref>[https://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/school-of-instruction-for-officers-sabathu-ambala-1917-to-1918/ "School of Instruction for Officers, Sabathu & Ambala, Subathoo1917 to 1919"] September 13, Soobathoo2012. Gill family’s service in the First World War. gillww1</ref> and it seems likely that Subathu was the summer location of this School. Sabhathu

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140703163042/http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/Churches-and-cemeteries-of-Himachal-Pradesh.aspx Churches and Cemeteries of Himachal Pradesh] , now an archived webpage, from Himachal Tourism has sections on Subathu, [[Kasauli]] , and [[Dagshai]], in addition to [[Simla]] and other towns.*[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 Saturday, 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://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/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*"Birds walk the ramp at Subathu, Himachal Pradesh, India" Inscriptions from [httphttps://wwwbacsa.indianbirdsfrontis.inco/pdfsbin/Birds%20walk%20the%20ramp%20at%20Subathu,%20Himachal%20Pradesh,%20Indiaaps_browse_sources.pdf original pdfphp?mode=browse_components&id=146&s_id=187 Cemetery in Subathu], bacsa.org.uk:[https://docsweb.googlearchive.org/web/20200206014800/http://shimlawalks.com/viewer?a=v&q=cachecemetery-in-subathu.html Cemetery in Subathu] shimlawalks.com, now an archived webpage. With inscriptions.*[http:3an356Yz0ccJ:www.//indianbirds.in/pdfs/Birds%2520walk%2520the%2520ramp%2520at%2520Subathu,%2520Himachal%2520Pradesh,%2520IndiaIB2.2_Singh_Subathu.pdf+%E2%80%9CBirds+"Birds 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.flickrbl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/g/largeimage57409.comhtml 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:/photos/vishal_sharmawww.25thlondon.com/5883950801hpalbum/ Subathu 1880146_-Solan_Sabathu_3.html Photograph: Sabathu] flickrc 1917 25thlondon.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014

*[http://booksdsal.googleuchicago.comedu/reference/gazetteer/pager.au/bookshtml?idobjectid=k3-j08QIKWUC&pg=PA119 SubathuDS405.1.I34_V21_350.gif Sabathu], page 119 ''Imperial Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904'' Google Books

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