Jutogh Cantt

(kindly note this is a production of recreation purpose only  this blog is not meant to proove or disaprove any theory ) Dear Readers this post is one of the more amazing fact about Jutogh . Our town's rocks are also special in some ways. Our towns rocks have been named as jutogh group rocks by the metomorphic and their repspective department experts. Below are the details why it is so .  rocks of Jutogh Group In Shimla the sediment eroded from the Himalayas 30 million years ago and deposited by ancient rivers The town is situated on the rocks of Jutogh Group and Shimla Group. Jutogh group occupies main Shimla area and extends from Annadale-Chaura  Maidan- Prospect Hill-Jakhoo- US Club and highland area. Shimla Group comprising of earlier Chail Formation and Shimla Series represented by shale, slate, quartzite greywacke and local conglomerate is well exposed in Sanjauli-Dhalli area .  Himachal Pradesh lies almost entirely in the Himalayan Mountains...

The Following poem is by a famous poet on Jutogh and other cantonments . It was written By Rudyard Kipling some time in British Era. He has stayed in shimla and jutogh at some time. However i do not have exact dates for that. However manuscripts of his done work shows that he was at this small town jutogh once. And the fine creation below is his depiction of the mesmerising beautifull place. AN OLD SONG So long as 'neath the Kalka hills The tonga-horn shall ring, So long as down the Solon dip The hard-held ponies swing, So long as Tara Devi sees The lights of Simla town, So long as Pleasure calls us up, Or Duty drives us down, If you love me as I love you What pair so happy as we two? So long as Aces take the King, Or backers take the bet, So long as debt leads men to wed, Or marriage leads to debt, So long as little luncheons, Love, And scandal hold their vogue, While there is sport at Annandale Or whisky at Jutog...

Hello Readers , This is my next post in the continuation of my beloved reasearch about my beloved hometown. Let me give you a quick recap from my last post that when bishop cotton school was suppose to use Jutogh town for his purposes however due to conflicts of the paper work was not able to . So British army started using it to utilize this place more. As a result a huge magnificent structure came into existence by the name of Wireless pole. This Pole is one of the amazing structures i have seen in my life.This is a goliath of iron metal of aprox 80 Ft. ( i might be wrong ;)  Through my childhood i have heard its name as wireless poll . But now has the time came to quench our thirst for the question why it is called Wireless pole. i am not sure about the dates when this pole came into existence. However in my upcoming trip to this town will gather more facts on this. The reason is pole was meant to use a communication tool .Which was used by the British army to co...

In this post we will try to uncover the truths how our jutogh came into existence . And who all have effected and how our very own existence and our town's . Prehistory The foothills of the state were inhabited by people from Indus valley civilization which flourished between the time period of 2250 and 1750 BC. Medieval history In about 883 AD Shankar Verma, the ruler of Kashmir exercised his influence over Himachal Pradesh. The region also witnessed the invasion of Mahmud Ghazni in 1009 AD. The Gorkhas, a martial tribe came to power in Nepal in 1768. They consolidated their military power and began to expand their territory. The Gurkhas marched in from Nepal and captured the area.[1] Gradually the Gorkhas annexed Sirmour and Shimla. Under the leadership of Bada Kaji (equivalent to General) Amar Singh Thapa, Gorkhas laid siege to Kangra. They managed to defeat Sansar Chand, the ruler of kangra, in 1806. However Gorkhas could not capture Kangra fort w...

"  Jagatgarh  fortress  So call Jutogh Cantt" on the eve of Dushera . The sense of belongingness is hitting me big time on the evening of this lazy Sunday . Sitting on my couch i start to recall my hometown and my small town Jutogh Cantt.  So the bug of curosity and digging deep into history bit me and i found my self wondering in the past of beautifull Himachal Pradesh .  I tried to Dig about jutogh Cantt . I came to know that Gurkhas ruled here till 1808 .  It was named Jagarah fotress it was one of their  strong holds till 1808 invaders concqured it .  A small British force under Major General 'Sir David Ochterlony' was despatched to liberate the hill men from Gurkhas. Majority of hill chiefs responded to the call and joined the British forces. The rivals  were engaged in the toughest battle at 3750 ft high Ramgarh fort at Nalagarh. A decisive battle took place near the fort at Malaon in which superior g...