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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Cities and towns in Nilgiris district, People from Nilgiris district, Schools in Nilgiris District, Villages in Nilgiris district, Ootacamund, Kotagiri, Gudalur, Coonoor, The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College, Ketti, Lawrence School, Lovedale, Kil Kundha, Hebron School, Ooty, Timothy A. Gonsalves, Ari Gowder, Aruvankadu, Pandalur, Sholur, Burliar, V. I. Munuswamy Pillai, Manihatty, List of schools in The Nilgiris District, Mariamman temple, Ooty, St. Joseph's Boys School, Wellington, Tamil Nadu, R. Prabhu, Koderi, Naduvattam, Aravenu, Kamaraj Sagar Dam, Kinnakorai, Yedakadu, Master Mathan, Athigaratty, Devala, Wellington Cantonment, Aravankad, Nelliyalam, Defence Services Staff College, Kilkunda, Adikaratti, O' Valley, Devarshola, Jagathala, Hubbathala, Bikketti, Huligal, Kethi, Ithalar, Bandishola, Kotagiri plantations, Rekha, Yedapalli, Bearhatty, Hubbathalai, Melur, Nilgiris, Hullickal, Sundatty, Thangadu. Excerpt: Ootacamund -) (officially, Udagamandalam Tamil: sometimes abbreviated to Udhagai Tamil: உதகை or Ooty -)), is a town, a municipality and the district capital of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Ootacamund is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills. Originally occupied by the Todas, the area came under the rule of the East India Company at the end of the 18th century. Today the town's economy is based on tourism and agriculture, with manufacturing of medicines and photographic film also present. The town is connected to the rest of India by road and rail, and its historic sites and natural beauty attract tourists. The origin of the name Udhagamandalam is obscure. The first mention of the place occurs in a letter of March 1821 to the Madras Gazette by an unknown correspondent as Wotokymund. In early times it was called OttaikalMandu "mund" is the...
