Located in the Shimla (formerly Simla) district of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, the cantonment was established on a hill amid the forests of the western Himalayas in 1843. British mountain-artillery and infantry units were stationed at Jutogh during the summer.

There is an unexplored and unproved story about the annoyance of Britishers with Prince of Patiyala, due to which he was expelled from the throne by British Army.

The expulsion of Prince led to the Anglo-Gurkha war. Gurkhas came into direct conflict with the British along the tarai belt after which the British dislodged them from the provinces of the Satluj. Thus British gradually emerged as the supreme power. In early 19th century the British annexed the areas of Shimla after the Gurkha War of 1815–16. Himachal became a centrally administered territory in 1948 with the integration of 31 hill provinces and received additional regions in 1966.

Jutogh was acquired by the British Government in 1843. It was first occupied by a regiment of Gurkhas, and was afterwards made over to the Governor of the Bishop Cotton School, but, being found unsuitable for this purpose, was for some time, abandoned. Two battalions of British Mountain Artillery and two companies of British Infantry were stationed here during the summer months. Maharaja of Patiala helped British army to battle Gurkha prince, Bhimsen Thapa and in return, got the land surrounding the present-day Shimla as a reward