 By the 1890s almost twenty five percent of the British troops in India were located in hill stations.The Cantonment area in Dalhousie is called Baloon, also spelt as Balun.Dalhousie was first surveyed in 1853, and was acquired as a convalescent depot for "European troops", in 1866, the same year as Bakloh was acquired as a "Goorkha Cantonment", from the Raja of Chamba.