* **Ruskin Bond (Author):** The acclaimed Indian author of British descent was born in the Kasauli cantonment located in the Solan district. * **Salman Rushdie (Author):** The Booker Prize-winning novelist inherited an ancestral home, 'Anees Villa', located in Solan. * **Dhani Ram Shandil (Politician):** A prominent political figure, former minister, and multi-term Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Solan constituency. * **General Krishnaswamy Sundarji (Military):** The former Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army spent much of his post-retirement life in his home in Solan.
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