The Past on Present Walls

This Old picture was placed on the wall of our guest room at Kuldana where we stayed for a couple of days.

Breif History:The hill-stations of British India, apart from providing pleasurable summer retreats for the English families were also part of an elaborate Imperial system that allowed the British to rule India. Soon after its establishment in 1851 as a hill-station and sanatorium, Murree (now in Pakistan) became the summer headquarter of the army's Northern Command in the latter half of the 19th century. In time, many smaller cantonments were built around the Murree Garrison amongst which Kuldana is probably the oldest.

Set in a dense pine forest the Kuldana cantonment is presently known as the 'Army School of Logistics'. During the British-era, infantry battalions were mainly based here. There is a long scroll of names of various regiments stationed in Kuldana in those times. Well-known amongst these were the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Gordon Highlanders, 17th regiment of foot the Leicestershire, Irish Fusiliers, Queen's Royal Surreys, Devonshire and Bedfordshire Regiments, Kings' Rifle Brigade, 1Bn West Yorkshire Regiment and so on.