 Bakloh and Balun, Dalhousie Cantonment, along with a sliver of territory to connect the two cantonments, was acquired in 1866 from the Raja of Chamba for a sum of rupees 5000. firstly Bakloh was meant for a 'Goorkha Cantonment' for the "4th Goorkha Regiment", raised at Pithoragarh in 1857.Balun, the cantonment in Dalhousie, was for British troops.Bakloh remained the "home" and the Regimental Center and Depot, of the 4th Gorkha Rifles(GR), known as the 4th Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles, for 82 years, from 1866 to 1948.