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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 [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_092.gif the Nilgiris District].  It was founded in the 1820s by [http://www.sullivanmemorial.org/JohnSullivan.html John Sullivan (1788 -1855)]. Lovedale is an area to the south west of the town where the Lawrence Asylum is located.
'''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 [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_092.gif the Nilgiris District].  It was founded in the 1820s by [http://www.sullivanmemorial.org/JohnSullivan.html John Sullivan (1788 -1855)]. Lovedale is an area to the south west of the town where the Lawrence Asylum is located.
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*''Ootacamund,  A History'' by Sir Frederick Price 1908 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.  The Contents page of the book is computer page 17.  Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books-Digital Library of India]]  for more details about this site.
*''Ootacamund,  A History'' by Sir Frederick Price 1908 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.  The Contents page of the book is computer page 17.  Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books-Digital Library of India]]  for more details about this site.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996  [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996  [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/432/mode/2up "Wellington (Jackatalla)"] page 432 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n353/mode/2up/  "Wellington"]  page 341  ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris'' by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n353/mode/2up/  "Wellington"]  page 341  ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris'' by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic04unkngoog#page/n492/mode/1up "Medico-Topographical and Statistical Report of the Convalescent Depot at Wellington, Madras for the year 1870"] by Assistant Surgeon Davidson MD, Royal Horse Artillery, pages 474-5 missing, text from page 476, and then from [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic04unkngoog#page/n497/mode/1up page 477], (with a number of blank pages in between) ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1870 Volume 12'' published 1872 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic04unkngoog#page/n492/mode/1up "Medico-Topographical and Statistical Report of the Convalescent Depot at Wellington, Madras for the year 1870"] by Assistant Surgeon Davidson MD, Royal Horse Artillery, pages 474-5 missing, text from page 476, and then from [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic04unkngoog#page/n497/mode/1up page 477], (with a number of blank pages in between) ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1870 Volume 12'' published 1872 Archive.org

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Ootacamund
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]

Spelling variants

Modern spelling: Udhagamandalam
Variants: Ootacamund/Ooty/Utakamand

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Historical books online

  • "Ootacamund" page 357 Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
  • "Map of Ootacamund" between pages 412 and 413, A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.
  • Ootacamund, A History by Sir Frederick Price 1908 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The Contents page of the book is computer page 17. Refer Online books-Digital Library of India for more details about this site.
  • The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj by Dane Kennedy, 1996 University of California Press
  • "Wellington (Jackatalla)" page 432 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org
  • "Wellington" page 341 Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
  • "Medico-Topographical and Statistical Report of the Convalescent Depot at Wellington, Madras for the year 1870" by Assistant Surgeon Davidson MD, Royal Horse Artillery, pages 474-5 missing, text from page 476, and then from page 477, (with a number of blank pages in between) Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1870 Volume 12 published 1872 Archive.org

References

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