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|presidency= [[Madras]] | |presidency= [[Madras]] | ||
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|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] | |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) | |altitude= 24 peaks above 2,000m (6,600 ft) | ||
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| + | '''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 | ||
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| + | ==FIBIS Resources== | ||
| + | *31 Inscriptions and images from [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=697&s_id=209 Wellington Cemetery] held on Fibis database. | ||
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==Refer also== | ==Refer also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_092.gif The Nilgiris District] | ||
| − | ===Historical books online=== | + | ====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://books.google.com/books?id=VSQAAAAAQAAJ&&pg=PR1 ''Observations on the Neilgherries''] by Robert Baikie MD 1834 Google Books | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/goabluemountains00burtrich/page/n9/mode/2up ''Goa, and the Blue Mountains; or, Six months of sick leave''] by Richard F Burton, Lieut. Bombay Army 1851 Archive.org | ||
*[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 | *[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 | ||
| − | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/manualofnlagir00grigrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency''] by | + | *[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 H B Grigg 1880 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=HHawmAEACAAJ&pg=PP1 ''Nilgiri Sporting Reminiscences''] by an Old Shikarri [G. A. R. D. ie G A R Dawson] Google Books. Also available [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/msu.31293016921979?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 HathiTrust Digital Library] where the images may be rotated. | ||
| + | * ''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 | *[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 | *[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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[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Districts]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:54, 2 January 2021
| Nilgiri Hills | |
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 11.375°N 76.758333°E |
| Altitude: | 24 peaks above 2,000m (6,600 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Nilgiri Hills |
| State/Province: | Tamil Nadu |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Nilgiri Mountain Railway | |
Nilgiri Hills was an administrative district of Madras Presidency during the British period. Ootacamund is the main town.
Contents
Spelling variants
Nilgiri, Neilgherry, Nilagiri
Nilgiris, Neilgherries
FIBIS Resources
- 31 Inscriptions and images from Wellington Cemetery held on Fibis database.
Refer also
External links
Historical books online
- Letters on the Climate, Inhabitants, Productions, &c., &c., of the Neilgherries, or, Blue Mountains of Coimbatoor, South India by James Hough 1829 Google Books
- Observations on the Neilgherries by Robert Baikie MD 1834 Google Books
- Goa, and the Blue Mountains; or, Six months of sick leave by Richard F Burton, Lieut. Bombay Army 1851 Archive.org
- 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
- "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.
- A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency by H B Grigg 1880 Archive.org
- Nilgiri Sporting Reminiscences by an Old Shikarri [G. A. R. D. ie G A R Dawson] Google Books. Also available HathiTrust Digital Library where the images may be rotated.
- Guide To The Nilgiris 1905. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India.
- Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris by W Francis 1908 Archive.org
- Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad by F. W. F Fletcher 1911 Archive.org including
- Map of the Nilgiri District approximately page xx (towards the front of the book)
- "The Nilgiri Hills" page 190 Southern India Painted by Lady Lawler, Described by F E Penny 1914 Archive.org
- "The Nilgiris" by E A Helps pages 398-405 The Empire Review, catalogued as The Commonwealth & Empire Review, Volume 26, 1914. Archive.org
- The Nilgiri Guide and Directory by JSC Eagan 1916 Archive.org
- “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.
- Horticultural and economic plants of the Nilgiris edited by S Krishnamurthi 1953 Archive.org. Includes Tea, coffee chinchona etc
