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'''Coonoor''' was the second largest hill station in the [[Madras Presidency]] during the British period.
'''Coonoor''' was the second largest [[hill station]] in the [[Madras Presidency]] during the British period.


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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]
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[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Hill Stations]]

Revision as of 11:54, 7 May 2016

Coonoor
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 11.35°N 76.82°E
Altitude: 1,850 m (6,070 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Coonoor
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links
Nilgiri Mountain Railway

Coonoor was the second largest hill station in the Madras Presidency during the British period.

Related articles

External links

  • Coonoor Town Imperial Gazetteer
  • St Joseph's College, Coonor. . An advertisement from The Nilgiri Guide and Directory 1916.
  • UPASI (The United Planters' Association of Southern India) is an apex body of planters of tea, coffee, rubber, pepper and cardamom in the Southern States of India viz. Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka in existence since 1893, located at Coonoor. They have records of all planters [for that area] and an extensive library going back nearly 100 years. [1]
  • Article A tea industry anniversary by S. Muthiah, Madras Miscellany March 24, 2013 The Hindu. The first tea auction at Coonoor was in 1863.

References

  1. Vanya Orr, Coffee Planters in Nilgiris Hills India List 2012 (retrieved August 2014)