Sabathu

Sabathu Subathu
Cantonment town
Sabathu Location in Himachal Pradesh, India Show map of Himachal Pradesh Sabathu Sabathu (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 30°58′N76°59′E / 30.97°N 76.99°E / 30.97; 76.99
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Elevation	1,265 m (4,150 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	5,720
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Sabathu (also known as Subathu) is a cantonment town in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It has a historic association with the Anglo-Nepalese War, and is now the centre of the 1st Gorkha Rifles and the 4th Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army.

History

During the colonial period, Subathu was a part of British Indian territory, and served as a cantonment in the Simla district, Punjab Province. ^{[1] [2]}

The First Gurkha Rifles was raised in Subathu in 1815, from the remnants of the Nepali General Amar Singh Thapa's army after the Anglo-Gorkha wars. ^{[3] [4]}

Geography

Sabathu has an average elevation of 1265 metres (4150 feet). ^[5]

Demographics

As of 2001 ^[update] India census, ^[6] Sabathu had a population of 8720. Males constitute 47% of the population and females 53%. Sabathu has an average literacy rate of 86%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 91%, and female literacy is 77%. In Sabathu, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

British military expeditions went to greater Sabathu to recuperate. It housed a regional leper colony during the 19th century.

References

1. Panjab Gazetteer. 1883.
2. Cotton, James Sutherland; Burn, Sir Richard; Meyer, Sir William Stevenson; Meyer, William (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India ... Clarendon Press.
3. Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces. Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence. 1970. p. 16.
4. Gurung, Tim I. (13 March 2023). Ayo Gorkhali: A History of the Gurkhas. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN   978-93-5492-990-8.
5. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sabathu
6. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.