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'''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. [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20200927000524/https://archivermlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/readlistindexes/emails?listname=india/1998-09/0904716348 &thread=15659804 Re: HURST] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 2 September 1998, now archived. Retrieved 9 June 2015</ref> [[Kasauli]] is the major town in the area.

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*Inscriptions from [httphttps://cemeteriesinshimlabacsa.blogspotfrontis.comco/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=146&s_id=187 Cemetery in Subathu] bacsa.org.uk:[https://web.archive.auorg/#!web/20200206014800/http:/2013/05shimlawalks.com/cemetery-in-subathu-garrison-cemetery.html Cemetery in Subathu - Garrison Cemetery] cemeteriesinshimla.blogspotshimlawalks.com (posted 2013), now an archived webpage. Contains transcriptions of some of the names from the gravestonesWith inscriptions.*"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://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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