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*[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
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/50/1/59.full.pdf  "Another Bit of India" [Wellington<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Mrs. H. V. Bagshawe ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps ''1928;50:1 59-68. The author was the wife of a medical officer in the RAMC.


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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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References

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