Complex sentence: As part of British India, Cherat was a hill cantonment and sanatorium for British troops, from 1861 onwards it was used during the hot weather as a health station for the British troops quartered in the hot and malarious valey of Peshawar.
Split into simpler sentences: As part of British India, Cherat was a hill cantonment and sanatorium for British troops. From 1861 onwards it was used during the hot weather as a health station for the British troops who were quartered in the hot and malarious valley of Peshawar.