1849 Punjub was annexed to the British Raj after the 2nd
Sikh War.
1850 Lt. Col. Napier, Chief Engineer of Punjab was enchanted by the
scenic spots in the Chamba state and conceived a sanatorium for British army in the hills.
1851 Original Land Selected By Lted. Napier
1852 Dr, Clemenger the Commander of 49th Native Infantry was directed to
proceed to the proposed site to record the necessary observations at site etc.
1853 Thirteen square miles of land comprising of the five hills Kathalag,
Potreyn, Terah (Moti Tibba), Bakrota, and Bhangora were acquired by the Government of
India from the Raja of the Chamba state In return, the annual tribute that the Chamba
state paid to the British- Government was reduced by 2000 rupees. The total tribute at
that time was 12,000 rupees per year.
1854 Dalhousie Sanatorium Sanctioned By British rulers
1856 Captain Fagan, the Surveyor, of East India Company was employed in
making line of supply and communication for the proposed station.
1859 A Dalhousie pamphlet was published to advertise the sites available
for auction.
1860 The Mall Was Levelled
1861 400 House Plots Auctioned
1861 Civil Water Supply Installed
1863 St.John's Church Begun
1863 Dalhousie - Chamba Daily Mail Service Started
1867 Dalhousie Formed As A Municipality
1868 Balun Cantt Established As A Sanatorium
1871 Mulitary Hospital Built
1873 Rabindranath Tagore's Visit
1884 Kipling's Visit
1894 St.Francis' Church Built
1901 Sacred Heart School Started
1915 Sadar Bazaar Burnt Down
1920 Electricity Supplied By Generator
1920 First Buses To Dalhousie
1937 Subhash Chandra Bose's Stay
Also Mira Behn's Stay At Kynance
1947 Independence Declared
Ajit Singh Died In Dalhousie
1950 Government School Started
1954 Pt. Nehru's Centenary Visit
1959 Tibetan Refugees Arrived
1962 Motor Road To Khajjiar Inaugurated By Pratap Singh Kairon
Tibetan Handicraft Centre
The Dalai Lama's Visit
1965 Raizada Hans Raj Memorial Library Opened
1966 Reorganization Of The States.
Himachal Pradesh Made A Union
Territory
1970 Dalhousie Public School Started
1971 Himachal Pradesh State Inaugurated
1972 H.P.S.E.B. Formed
Youth Hostel Built
1979 Dalhousie Hill Top School Started
1981 Water Supply Transferred From M.C To I.P.H.
1982 Himgiri Rudolf Steiner School Begun
1984 Chamera Project Begun
1988 Dalai Lama’ second Visit
1992 Gandhi Statue Put Up At G.P.O.
Electronic Telephone Exchange
Installed
1993 Circuit House Burnt Down
1994 Chamera Dam Commissioned
1997 Netaji’s Statue Put Up at Subhash Chowk
1999 Guru Nanak Public School Started
2001 Sadar Bazaar Primary School Made
Sacred Heart Celebrated 100 Years
2002 Budget Bhavan Was Started
2004 Chief Of The Army Staff Visited Dalhousie
2004 Dalhousie Celebrated 150 Years
2005 Water Augmentation Scheme, Bringing Water
From Chaura To Dalhousie Shall Be
Completed
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