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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Barog
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| settlement_type = [[Hill Station]]
| image_skyline = Barog railway station (13).jpg
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| image_caption = Barog railway station in Solan district (H.P)
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Himachal Pradesh]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Solan district|Solan]]
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| elevation_m = 1860
| population_total = 1500
| population_as_of = 2001
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 174 101
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| area_code = 91-1792
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#HP.E2.80.94Himachal_Pradesh|HP]]-14
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'''Barog''' is a [[hill station]], near [[City]] of [[Solan]] in [[Solan district]] in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. The station lies on [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] [[Kalka–Shimla Railway]]. Set in the mountains Barog is just 60 km from [[Chandigarh]] on the Kalka-Shimla highway.

==History==

Barog was settled in the early 20th century during the building of the narrow gauge [[Kalka-Shimla Railway]]. Currently many residents have their long stays in their houses and flats in Barog. It used to be an important stop in the early decades of the century when the Kalka-Shimla toy train stopped here for an hour while the sahibs and memsahibs enjoyed a lavish lunch.

==Geography==
[[Image:Kalka-Shimla Railway Barog.JPG|thumb|left|[[Kalka-Shimla Railway]] - Barog]]
Barog is located at {{coord|30|53|24|N|77|4|55|E|}} at a distance of 60 km from [[Chandigarh]]. [[Shimla]], the capital city of Himachal Pradesh is another 65 km from Barog.

Until 2003, National Highway 22 connecting Chandigarh with Shimla passed through Barog. On 6 December 2003, the new section of the highway was inaugurated that would connect the village of Kumarhatti directly to Solan, thus bypassing Barog. This was done to avoid the steep incline to Barog from Kumarhatti.<ref name="tribune1">{{cite web|title=Article in The Tribune |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031206/himachal.htm#8 |accessdate=31 August 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526235038/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031206/himachal.htm |archivedate=26 May 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref>

Barog is located at a height of 1560 metres above the mean sea level. Due to its height, temperatures here range between 23 and 10 °C during summers and between 15 and 5 °C during winters. The summers last from April to July. Winters set in during December and typically last up to February.

==Economy==
The economy of Barog is primarily dependent upon tourists, who come here because of its cool climate and proximity to Chandigarh. Many hotels including Hotel KorInns and a Himachal tourism resort called Pinewood operate in Barog. Barog is also influenced economically by the nearby [[Lawrence School, Sanawar]].

The local economy mainly depends on the agriculture and especially on tomato growing. Until 1975 the local populace was mostly illiterate, which resulted in stalled economic progress. {{Citation needed|date=April 2014}}

Barog also serves as a fitness camp for the Indian National Hockey and other athletic teams.<ref name="tribune2">{{cite web | title = Article about Hockey Team | url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040508/sports.htm#1 | accessdate = 31 August 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040508/sports.htm#1|title='Fit' Jugraj called for Barog camp|website=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India|access-date=2017-03-20}}</ref>

==Barog Tunnel==
[[File:Barog_Tunnel_33_on_Kalka_Shimla_Railway.jpg|thumb|left|Steam Train Leaving Tunnel]]

Barog tunnel is the longest of the 103 operational tunnels on the route of the UNESCO heritage [[Kalka-Shimla railway]], which is 1143.61m long. [[Barog railway station|Barog station]] is immediately after the tunnel. Trains take about 2.5 minutes to cross this tunnel, running at 25 kilometres per hour.<ref name=af1>A.S. Ahluwalia, 2012, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dQiu_FJrVwwC&dq=sirsa+air+force+station+was+established+in&pg=PT474 Airborne to Chairborne: Memoirs of a War Veteran Aviator-Lawyer of the India Air Force].</ref>

==In the news==
[[File:Barog41.JPG|thumb|right|The toy train at Barog Station.]]

Barog station was filmed in ''[[Himalaya with Michael Palin]]'' in 2004 and on [[CNN]] in Season 3 Episode 1, "Punjab, India" of ''[[Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown]]'' during [[Anthony Bourdain]]'s journey in [[Kalka–Shimla Railway|Kalka-Shimla train]], which aired on Sunday April 13, 2014 in USA.<ref name="CNN">{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/video/shows/anthony-bourdain-parts-unknown/season-3/punjab-india/|title=Parts Unknown (Punjab, India)|last=Bourdain|first=Anthony|website=CNN|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref>

== References ==

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Solan district]]
[[Category:Hill stations in Himachal Pradesh]]

Barog - Revision history

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