Bakloh

Bakloh (or Bukloh (archaic spelling)) is a cantonment town. It is a hill station, 4584 feet above sea level, in Chamba district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Bakloh
Settlement.settlement_type: Cantonment
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Himachal Pradesh#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Himachal Pradesh, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Himachal Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Chamba
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_total: 1805
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1: Hindi
Settlement.timezone1: IST
Settlement.utc_offset1: +5:30

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
4 Gorkha Rifles in Bakloh
4 GR Centre moves to Sabathu
Battalions in Bakloh
3/4 GR
5/4 GR
4 Gorkha Rifle properties
Regimental memorial, Bakloh
Regimental mandirs
Lokeshwar Mandir
4GR Gorakh Nath Regimental Mandir
Annual Shobha Yatra
Cantonment Board
Gorkha Sabha, Bakloh
Organisation
Presidents
Membership
Functions and expectations
Aims and objectives
Schools
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Senior Secondary School Kakira
Demography
Tourism
See also
References
Further reading
Books
Journals and newsletters

Bakloh (or Bukloh (archaic spelling)) is a cantonment town. It is a hill station, 4584 feet above sea level, in Chamba district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.

==History== Bakloh and Balun, Dalhousie Cantonment, along with a sliver of territory to connect the two cantonments, was acquired in 1866 from the Raja of Chamba for a sum of rupees 5000. firstly Bakloh was meant for a 'Goorkha Cantonment' for the 4th Goorkha Regiment, raised at Pithoragarh uttar Pradesh in 1857. Balun, the cantonment in Dalhousie, was for British troops. Bakloh remained the home and the Regimental Center and Depot, of the 4th Gorkha Rifles, known as the 4th Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles, for 82 years, from 1866 to 1948. 2/4 Gorkha Rifles was raised in Bakloh on 22 April 1886; 3/4 Gorkha Rifles on 15 November 1940; and 4/4 Gorkha Rifles on 15 March 1941. In 1934, the 5 km long cart track from Bakloh to Tannu Hatti, on the Dalhousie road, was converted into a motor-able road. The first car, belonging to Captain TDC Owens, arrived in Bakloh in the same year.

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