Published On Dec 15, 2021
*If you ever wondered how Kasauli looked like in the old days, then here are some rare black and white photographs to take you back to a Kasauli that existed more than 150 years ago.
Kasauli or Kussowlie as Britishers called it was founded in 1842. In the initial years, military barracks, the Christ church, and few bungalows were built. Then gradually a bazaar came up and the number of houses also increased.
To reach Kasauli at that time, you either needed to walk on foot or ride a pony. Or, if you were a British, you could hire a Jhampan, a sedan chair, carried by local men.
The old road from Kalka, the first town located in the foothills, to Kasauli, was so narrow and steep that you could not even use carts.
Here are some old photographs, lithographs, watercolors and sketches that give us a peek into a Kasauli that existed more than 150 years ago. In these images, Kasauli appears to be a peaceful and even a lonesome place. Most of these images depict a beautiful Kasauli in the making
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*Photo Credit: All photographs used in this video have been taken from the British Library, London (https://www.bl.uk/) and the New York Public Library's Digital Collections (https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/)
