Ootacamund
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 11.38°N, 76.7°E |
| Altitude: | 2,486 m (8,156 ft) |
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| 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 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 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]
Spelling variants
Modern spelling: Udhagamandalam
Variants: Ootacamund/Ooty/Utakamand
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External links
Ootacamund Town Imperial Gazetteer
Ootacamund 1911 Love to Know Encyclopaedia
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
- "Medico-Topographical and Statistical Report of the Convalescent Depot at Wellington, Madras for the year 1870" by Assistant Surgeon Davidson MD, Royal Horse Artillery, page 474-5 missing, text from page 476, Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1870 Volume 12 published 1872 Archive.org