It is a hill station, 4584 feet above sea level, in Chamba district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India.

The first car, belonging to Captain TDC Owens, arrived in Bakloh in the same year.

"[7] The main objections raised against Bakloh being designated as reserved location for the Regiment was lack of educational facilities, and sources of "entertainment of big cities".

[7] Following the move of the 4 GR Regimental Centre to Sabathu, Bakloh ceased to be exclusively a 4th Gorkha Rifles station.

[8] While the Third Battalion (3/4GR) was in Bakloh, Maj General Walter David Alexander Lentaigne, CB, CBE, DSO, better known as "Joe" Lentaigne, who was then the Commandant of the Indian Defense Services Staff College, Wellington, Niligri hills, Tamil Nadu, and the Colonel of Regiment, 4 Gorkha Rifles, visited Bakloh on his farewell rounds and to be with the Third Battalion, which had served under him during the Burma campaign, as part of the Chindit Operations, in World War II .

[10]: pages 108–109 A regimental memorial "To commemorate the relationship with Bakloh and 4 GR, ie the Home of the 4 Gorkhas" was constructed at the entrance of the parade ground, in 2003.

[10]: pages 108–109  The Cantonment Board, Bakloh, was given the responsibility for its upkeep and maintenance, by the General Officer Commanding, Mountain Division.

Since then doubts have arisen on the commitment of the Cantonment Board to maintain the memorial, and it has been suggested that the Gorkha Sabha should be enlisted to ensure its care and security.

Gorakh Nath Mandir Re-constructed & By 2/4 GR Bn CO Col GS Batabyal, 2ic Lt Col Dinesh Sharma, construction Task by 2/4 GR Assalt PNR PL Cdr Sub Indra Bahadur Gurung and Unit jawans dt Jan to Apr 2000.

After Re-construction ... Gorakh Nath Mandir Visit Col 4GR Lt Gen Ashok Chakki ... July 2001.

It was constructed in 1946 with local material, in the Nepal temple style, with three tier roof, by demobilised men waiting to be released after World War II.

[12][13][14] 2/4 GR after it returned from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in 2000, carried out repairs and renovation of Shri Guru Gorakhnath Mandir.

[13] Every year in April a Shobha yatra, in which large number of ex-servicemen participate, starts from the Guru Gorakh Nath Mandir.

The format for the Pooja celebrations is issued by the Commandant 14 GTC as a Standing Operating Procedure.

[18] Presently The Gorkha Sabha Bakloh houses in an old Regimental building which was once a NCO club of 4GR.

Subedar Major and Honorary Captain Gagan Singh, Gurung, was elected as President of the Sabha on 31 December 2011.

A former Commanding Officer of 2/4 Gorkha Rifles, in 2011, wrote, that his attempts in the 1980s to "improve the ‘conditions of ex servicemen'" did not make headway and that pensioners were "reluctant to tread fresh ground and were unwilling to undertake any projects.

"[10]: pages 108–109 The Gorkha Sabha receives financial assistance from the Government of India for welfare activities which includes providing Stipends and scholarship to deserving dependents of ex servicemen; and conducting coaching classes and vocational training, in various fields.

In addition, it interfaces with respective record offices to resolve pension problems, secure financial assistance from the AIGEWA, and the Zila Sainik board in Chamba, and arrange to issue of canteen and ECHS smart cards.

The Inspector of Education, in that year, in his annual report, noted that the progress was ‘not very satisfactory’, and that improvement was expected after the return of the Master who had been sent to Umballa, for ‘a course of instruction in the Military Normal School.

[21] The Kendriya Vidyalaya Bakloh got its own new building after an interval of 32 odd years on 16 February 2014.

It is a prestigious Institute of Bakloh and has more than 400 students enrolled presently(2020) Government Senior Secondary School, affiliated to the Himachal Pradesh Board of Education Dharmshala (HPBOSE), is located in Kakira, Chamba (HP).

It has a large building and a big ground, which makes it a hub for various activities for the surrounding villages & towns.

Bakloh has year-round temperate weather, excellent trekking tracks, heritage buildings, charming old bazaars, and temples.