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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=F1YOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Letters on the Climate, Inhabitants, Productions, &c., &c., of the Neilgherries, or, Blue Mountains of Coimbatoor, South India''] by James Hough 1829 Google Books | |||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=VSQAAAAAQAAJ&&pg=PR1 ''Observations on the Neilgherries''] by Robert Baikie MD 1834 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=VSQAAAAAQAAJ&&pg=PR1 ''Observations on the Neilgherries''] by Robert Baikie MD 1834 Google Books | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/neilgherriesincl00baikrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Neilgherries: including an account of their topography, climate, soil and productions; and of the effects of the climate on the European constitution''] by Robert Baikie MD 1857 2nd edition, updated. Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/neilgherriesincl00baikrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Neilgherries: including an account of their topography, climate, soil and productions; and of the effects of the climate on the European constitution''] by Robert Baikie MD 1857 2nd edition, updated. Archive.org | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/manualofnlagir00grigrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency''] by HB Grigg 1880 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/manualofnlagir00grigrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency''] by HB Grigg 1880 Archive.org | ||
*[http:// | *[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/72793 ''Guide To The Nilgiris''] 1905. Pdf download, Digital Library of India | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n0/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris''] by W Francis 1908 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n0/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris''] by W Francis 1908 Archive.org | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/sportonnilgirisi00flet ''Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad''] by F. W. F Fletcher 1911 Archive.org including | *[https://archive.org/details/sportonnilgirisi00flet ''Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad''] by F. W. F Fletcher 1911 Archive.org including | ||
Revision as of 02:35, 8 January 2017
| Nilgiri Hills | |
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 11.375°N 76.758333°E |
| Altitude: | 24 peaks above 2,000m (6,600 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Nilgiri Hills |
| State/Province: | Tamil Nadu |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Nilgiri Mountain Railway | |
Nilgiri Hills was an administrative district of Madras Presidency during the British period. Ootacamund is the main town.
FIBIS Resources
- 31 Inscriptions and images from Wellington Cemetery held on Fibis database.
Refer also
External links
Historical books online
- Letters on the Climate, Inhabitants, Productions, &c., &c., of the Neilgherries, or, Blue Mountains of Coimbatoor, South India by James Hough 1829 Google Books
- Observations on the Neilgherries by Robert Baikie MD 1834 Google Books
- The Neilgherries: including an account of their topography, climate, soil and productions; and of the effects of the climate on the European constitution by Robert Baikie MD 1857 2nd edition, updated. Archive.org
- A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency by HB Grigg 1880 Archive.org
- Guide To The Nilgiris 1905. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
- Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
- Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad by F. W. F Fletcher 1911 Archive.org including
- Map of the Nilgiri District approximately page xx (towards the front of the book)
- The Nilgiri Guide and Directory by JSC Eagan 1916 Archive.org
- Horticultural and economic plants of the Nilgiris edited by S Krishnamurthi 1953 Archive.org. Includes Tea, coffee chinchona etc