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The cantonment at Wellington was situated near Ootacamund. | The cantonment at Wellington was situated near Ootacamund. | ||
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.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n343/mode/2up Page 332] ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris'' by W Francis 1908 Archive.org</ref> | |||
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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] | ||
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Revision as of 05:18, 18 February 2012
| Ootacamund | |
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 11° 22′ 48″ N, 76° 42′ 0″ E |
| Altitude: | 2,486 m (8,156 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Officially, 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. 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 was situated near Ootacamund.
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]
FIBIS resources
Schools and institutions
Related aricles
External links
- Ootacamund Wikipedia
- Kae Lewis website - Photographs of monuments at St Stephens Church, Ootacamund with many biographical details
- Photograph of British Army married quarters- Bazzar Hill, Wellington, Nilgiri Hills 1945/6 FIBIS on Facebook
- St Stephens Church - in Ooty since 1829 Official church website with lots of photos and historical information.
Historical books on-line
- 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