Ootacamund

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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: 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

References

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