Ootacamund

Ootacamund
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates:	11° 22′ 48″ N, 76° 42′ 0″ 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. Lovedale is an area to the south west of the town where the Lawrence Asylum is located.

Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale

• Situation in 1856 before establishment. Google Books page 552, Allen’s Indian Mail, 1856
• Commenced 1858, control passed to Government 1860. Limited View Google Books page 314 Gazetteer of South India, Volume 2 by W Francis 1988 (probably a reprint of an earlier book, perhaps 1905.) First however, Government insisted that the religious principles adopted at the Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawar, must be adopted.Limited View Google Books page 262 The Nilgiris,Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers by W Francis 1994 reprint of an earlier book, probably 1908.
• Amalgamation of the Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum with the Lawrence Asylum was considered from 1860. In April 1864 the land at Lovedale, near Ootacamund, was selected for the combined institutions and new buildings were constructed. 220 boys from the MMMOA moved in September 1871 Limited View Google Books page 262 The Nilgiris,Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers by W Francis 1994 reprint of an earlier book, probably 1908.
• The girls from the Madras Military Female Orphan School, about 100, were transferred to the Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale in October 1904 as Government required their premises in Madras. Limited View Google Books page 263, The Nilgiris Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers by W Francis 1994 reprint of an earlier book, probably 1908
• Conditions early 1930's Limited View Google Books page 3 The Way We Are: An Anglo-Indian Mosaic- Chapter "Never Give In" by Moira Breen 2008.