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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. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1998-09/0904716348 Re: HURST] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 2 September 1998. Retrieved 9 June 2015</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.
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Sabathu'''Alternative spelling'''<br>Variants: Subathu, /Subathoo, /Soobathoo. /Sabhathu
==External links==
==Historical books online==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_350.gif Sabathu] Imperial Gazetteer
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=k3-j08QIKWUC&pg=PA119 Subathu], page 119 ''Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=StsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA362 "Topographical and Sanitary Report on Subathoo (A Lower Himalayan Station)"] by Dr Munro Surgeon, [[93rd Regiment of Foot|93rd Highlanders]] 1859-60, page 362 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1861'' (published 1863) Google Books
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