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**"The German Photographers of Madras" by Gabrielle Landwehr  [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2014/the_german_photographers_of_madras.html Part 1] , [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2015/otherstories.html Part 2] (scroll down) ''Madras Musings Volume XVIII'' No. 14, November 1-15, 2008 and No. 15, November 16-30, 2008  
 
**"The German Photographers of Madras" by Gabrielle Landwehr  [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2014/the_german_photographers_of_madras.html Part 1] , [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2015/otherstories.html Part 2] (scroll down) ''Madras Musings Volume XVIII'' No. 14, November 1-15, 2008 and No. 15, November 16-30, 2008  
 
**[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/09/stories/2003070900200300.htm Madras on glass] 9 July  2003 ''The Hindu''
 
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*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/india/10903146/Ooty-India-back-in-time-to-the-birthplace-of-snooker.html "Ooty, India: back in time to the birthplace of snooker"] by Martin Hughes-Games 16 June 2014 ''The Telegraph''
 
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000002319u00000000.html Illustration: New barracks, near Coonoor] 1852 British Library Online Gallery
 
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000002319u00000000.html Illustration: New barracks, near Coonoor] 1852 British Library Online Gallery
 
*[http://indiasfirstwarofindependance1857.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/indian-mutiny-constructing-jackatalla.html Illustration: "Constructing the Jackatalla Barracks, near Ootacamund Neilgherry Hills,"] from the  ''Illustrated London News'' 1858 indiasfirstwarofindependance1857.blogspot.com
 
*[http://indiasfirstwarofindependance1857.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/indian-mutiny-constructing-jackatalla.html Illustration: "Constructing the Jackatalla Barracks, near Ootacamund Neilgherry Hills,"] from the  ''Illustrated London News'' 1858 indiasfirstwarofindependance1857.blogspot.com

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Ootacamund
Ooty - St Stephen's Church.JPG
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 11.38°N, 76.7°E
Altitude: 2,486 m (8,156 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Udhagamandalam
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
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Ootacamund, now frequently known as Ooty (but officially called Udhagamandalam), is a town in the Nilgiri Hills. Ooty was the Madras Presidency summer capital and the headquarters of the Nilgiris District. It was founded in the 1820s by John Sullivan (1788 -1855). Lovedale is an area to the south west of the town where the Lawrence Asylum is located.

The cantonment at Wellington is situated about eight miles from Ootacamund, and one and a half miles north of Coonoor. Until 1860, the cantonment was known as Jackatalla (spelling variants: Jackatallah, Jakkatalla, Jakatala).

Keti (Kaiti) three miles south-east of Ootacamund was the location of a Boer prisoner of war camp from March 1902 to August 1902, when the prisoners were repatriated.[1]

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Modern spelling: Udhagamandalam
Variants: Ootacamund/Ooty/Utakamand

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References

  1. Page 332 Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris by W Francis 1908 Archive.org