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*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000002319u00000000.html Illustration: New barracks, near Coonoor] 1852 British Library Online Gallery
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019wdz000002319u00000000.html Illustration: New barracks, near Coonoor] 1852 British Library Online Gallery
*[http://indiasfirstwarofindependance1857.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/indian-mutiny-constructing-jackatalla.html Illustration: "Constructing the Jackatalla Barracks, near Ootacamund Neilgherry Hills,"] from the  ''Illustrated London News'' 1858 indiasfirstwarofindependance1857.blogspot.com
*[http://indiasfirstwarofindependance1857.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/indian-mutiny-constructing-jackatalla.html Illustration: "Constructing the Jackatalla Barracks, near Ootacamund Neilgherry Hills,"] from the  ''Illustrated London News'' 1858 indiasfirstwarofindependance1857.blogspot.com
*[https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-624d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Photograph: St. Stephen's Church, Ootacamund] from a collection “ca. 1889, some photographs later” New York Public Library Digital Collection.
*[https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-624e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Photograph: A view in the Govt. Gardens at Ootacamund] from a collection “ca. 1889, some photographs later” New York Public Library Digital Collection.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130512130642/http://www.dssc.gov.in/history/Wellington%20Of%20Yesteryears.pdf "Wellington Of Yesteryears"] dssc.gov.in (Defence Services Staff College). Now an archived webpage.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130512130642/http://www.dssc.gov.in/history/Wellington%20Of%20Yesteryears.pdf "Wellington Of Yesteryears"] dssc.gov.in (Defence Services Staff College). Now an archived webpage.
*[http://wellingtongymkhanaclub.co.in/index.php/history/detailed-history Wellington Gymkhana Club: History]  It commenced in 1873 as a garrison club to offer recreation and relaxation to the garrison stationed at Wellington.  
*[http://wellingtongymkhanaclub.co.in/index.php/history/detailed-history Wellington Gymkhana Club: History]  It commenced in 1873 as a garrison club to offer recreation and relaxation to the garrison stationed at Wellington.  

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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