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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n367/mode/2up  "Ootacamund"] page 357 ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris'' by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n367/mode/2up  "Ootacamund"] page 357 ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris'' by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n625/mode/2up  "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.
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n625/mode/2up  "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|Online books-Digital Library of India]]  for more details about this site.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/72793 ''Guide To The Nilgiris''] 1905. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*''Ootacamund,  A History'' by Sir Frederick Price 1908 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, as TIFF images or as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/33629  pdf download].  The Contents page of the book is computer page 17.   
*''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
*[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

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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]

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Modern spelling: Udhagamandalam
Variants: Ootacamund/Ooty/Utakamand

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