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The coffee industry has remained centred in the hills of Southern India. The early nineteenth century saw an increased growth in coffee planting – the activity having spread to the Shevaroy Hills (notably at Yercaud) and the Niligiris (Kotagiri and Coonoor). This was not long after the first coffee house in India had opened in Calcutta which was followed by others – thus increasing its popularity as a fashionable drink.
It is noted that Catherine Falls near Kotagiri is named after the wife of M D Cockburn, district collector of Salem, who is said to be the person responsible for introducing the coffee plant to Yercaud in 1820. In 1843 he established the first coffee estate in Kotagiri.
== External Links== === Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WBYAAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=coffe+southern+india#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''A Handbook to coffee planting in Southern India''] by John Short. Particularly useful for its list of coffee planters on the Shevaroy and Niligiri Hills and descriptions of these estates. (pages 164-176)
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=3bSOal-tUZsC&pg=PA11&dq=coffee+planting+in+mysore+contents&cd=1#v=onepage&q=coffee%20planting%20in%20mysore%20contents&f=false ''Gold. Sport and Coffee Planting in Mysore''] by Robert H Elliott (2007) – original copyright 1898. Limited preview, google books
==External links =Other===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_filter_coffee Indian filter coffee]wikipedia. Article giving an interesting account of coffee drinking habits with topical quotes.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._D._Cockburn M D Cockburn] wikipedia
*[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2009-07/1246841661 Early Coffee plantations in the Wayanad] India List posting which contains an extract from a relevant publication
*[http://tidsskrift.dk/visning.jsp?markup=&print=no&id=71567 Evolution of Plantations, Migration, and Population Growth in Nilgiris and Coorg (South India) ] Article by Steen Folke. -tidsskrift.dk
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