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{{Locations_Infobox|presidency= [[Madras]]|image=Nilgiri view.jpg|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=12.414,76.758333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=11.375,76.704 11.375°N 76.758333°E]|altitude= 24 peaks above 2,000m (6,600 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_mountains Nilgiri Hills]|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu Tamil Nadu]|country= India|transport= [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]}} '''Nilgiri Hills''' was an administrative district of [[Madras Presidency]] during the British period. [[Ootacamund]] is the main town.== Spelling variants==Nilgiri, Neilgherry, Nilagiri<br>Nilgiris, Neilgherries ==FIBIS Resources==*31 Inscriptions and images from [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=697&s_id=209 Wellington Cemetery] held on Fibis database.
==Refer also==
*[[List of cemeteries#N|List of Cemeteries-Nilgiri District]]*[[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]]
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_092.gif The Nilgiris District]
====Historical books online====*[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://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
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4apbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA263 "Statistical Memoir of a Survey of the Neilgherry Mountains"] Papers put in by Captain John Ouchterlony, Appendix No. 5, ''Report from Committees: Colonisation and Settlement (India)'' Third Volume, Part II. (also called Vol. VII-Part II) Session 3 December 1857-2 August 1858 [British Parliamentary Papers] Google Books.
*[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
* ''Guide To The Nilgiris'' 1905. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72793 Archive.org version], mirror from 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
*[https://archive.org/details/sportonnilgirisi00flet ''Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad''] by F. W. F Fletcher 1911 Archive.org including
**[https://archive.org/stream/sportonnilgirisi00flet#page/n24/mode/1up Map of the Nilgiri District] approximately page xx (towards the front of the book)
*[https://archive.org/stream/southernindia00pennuoft#page/190/mode/2up "The Nilgiri Hills"] page 190 ''Southern India'' Painted by Lady Lawler, Described by F E Penny 1914 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/commonwealthempi26londuoft/page/398/mode/2up "The Nilgiris"] by E A Helps pages 398-405 ''The Empire Review'', catalogued as ''The Commonwealth & Empire Review'', Volume 26, 1914. Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/nilgiriguideandd031416mbp#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Nilgiri Guide and Directory''] by JSC Eagan 1916 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.523918/2015.523918.Memoirs-Of#page/n263/mode/2up “The Nilgiri Hills”] Chapter VIII, page 246 ''Memoirs Of A Camp- Follower'' by Philip Gosse. 1934. Some later editions were titled ''Memoirs of a Camp-Follower : a Naturalist Goes to War'' or ''A Naturalist Goes to War''. The author was a doctor RAMC, who has served on the [[Western Front]] 1915-1917 and was then posted to India. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/EconomicPlantsOfTheNilgiris ''Horticultural and economic plants of the Nilgiris''] edited by S Krishnamurthi 1953 Archive.org. Includes Tea, coffee chinchona etc
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