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'''Subathu''' was a hill cantonment in Simla District, [[Punjab]]. Together with [[Kasauli]] and [[Dagshai]], it was created by the British Army in the mid-19th 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://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1998-0915659804/0904716348 Re: HURST] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 2 September 1998. Retrieved 9 [Accessed 16 June 20152019].</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.
