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'''Dalhousie''' [[cantonment]] is a town in [[Chamba district]] in the state of [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]].

==History==
In the wake of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|1857 War]], the Military Department of the Government of India, expanded its survey of lower [[Himalayas]], to identify suitable locations for building "sanitaria and [[cantonments]]" for "quartering" British soldiers and military units. The move to locate cantonments in "cool and healthy [[hill stations]]" was justified on strategic, and health grounds. In the following decade several cantonments, including in Balun ([[Dalhousie, India|Dalhousie]]), [[Bakloh]], [[Chakrata]], [[Ranikhet]], in the western lower Himalayas, were established.<ref name="Kennedy1996">{{cite book|author=Dane Keith Kennedy|title=The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UveLzKDlZBEC&pg=PA156|accessdate=17 March 2013|year=1996|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-20188-0|pages=156–}}</ref> In 1863 it was decided that one third of the British troops in India should be located in the hill station cantonments.<ref name="Kennedy1996"/> By the 1890s almost twenty five percent of the British troops in India were located in hill stations.<ref name="Kennedy1996"/>

The [[Cantonment]] area in [[Dalhousie, India|Dalhousie]] is called Baloon, also spelt as Balun. Dalhousie was first surveyed in 1853, and was acquired as a convalescent depot for ''European troops'', in 1866, the same year as [[Bakloh]] was acquired as a ''Goorkha Cantonment'', from the Raja of [[Chamba State|Chamba]].<ref name="Hutchison1998">{{cite book|author=Rose Hutchison|title=Gazetteer of the Chamba State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfzTddoP-vQC|accessdate=23 January 2013|date=1 March 1998|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-041-5}}</ref> In 1868, British troops moved into barracks in Baloon. By 1878 an 18 foot road connected the new cantonment to the plains.<ref name="Smith1882">{{cite book|author=George Smith|title=The geography of British India, political & physical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68c5AQAAIAAJ|accessdate=23 January 2013|year=1882|publisher=J. Murray}}</ref>

In August 1954, during the Dalhousie centenary celebrations, [[Jawahar Lal Nehru]], the [[prime minister]] of India, visited Baloon, Dalhousie Cantonment. He was accompanied by [[Ganda Singh Datt|Lt General Kalwant Singh]], [[General Officer Commanding]] in Chief, Western Command.

==Cantonment Board==
Dalhousie cantonment was established in 1867. It has been classified as a category IV Cantonment by Director General of Defence estates. The cantonment board, which is responsible for the management of the cantonment, consists of 4 members, including two elected members. Brig. JS Bhardwaj, Commander 323 Mountain Brigade, is the President of the Cantonment Board.<ref name="kvbakloh.org">{{cite web|title=Kendriya Vidyalaya Bakloh Management Committee |url=http://kvbakloh.org/innerpage.php?pagename=vmc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915184257/http://kvbakloh.org/innerpage.php?pagename=vmc |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-09-15 }}</ref>

The cantonment board runs a primary school (24 students), a small hospital (two beds), and a guest house.<ref name="dgde.gov.in">{{cite web|last=|title=Director General of Defence Estates|url=http://www.dgde.gov.in/?q=cantonments/web/367}}</ref>

==Churches==
There are four churches in Dalhousie. St. Andrew's Church and St. Patrick's Church, are located in Balun, Dalhousie Cantonment.<ref name="Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation">{{cite web|title=Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation|url=http://hptdc.nic.in/cir0303.htm#hmani|access-date=17 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310104634/http://www.hptdc.nic.in/cir0303.htm#hmani|archive-date=10 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Dalhousie is located at {{coord|32.53|N|75.98|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/11/Dalhousie.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dalhousie]</ref> It has an average elevation of 1954 metres (6410 feet).

===Location===
Dalhousie Cantonment is {{cvt|485|km}} from Delhi, {{cvt|52|km}} from Chamba, {{cvt|23|km}} from Khajjiar, and {{cvt|80|km}} from Pathankot, the closest railhead. The nearest airport is at Gaggal in Kangra, at a distance of {{cvt|135|km}}.<ref name="Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation"/> Although there is an airport in Pathankot also but mostly flights are from Kangra.

==Demographics==
According to the 2001 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Dalhousie cantonment had a population of 1962.<ref name="dgde.gov.in"/> Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Dalhousie has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 65.38%. Male literacy is 79% and, female literacy is 72%. In Dalhousie, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Dalhousie is a very popular tourist destination with its most popular attraction is the [[Khajjiar|Khajjiar Valley]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.femina.in/life/travel/things-to-do-in-dalhousie-himachal-pradesh-54770-3.html|title=Khajjiar -Mini switzerland of India}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/army-fac.htm Indian Army Facilities]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Chamba district]]
[[Category:Cantonments of India]]
[[Category:Cantonments of British India]]
[[Category:Hill stations in Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:1866 establishments in India]]

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