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Ootacamund becomes a sanatorium of the Madras Presidency

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Ootacamund becomes a sanatorium of the Madras Presidency
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By 1827 Ootacamund in the Nilgiris had been established as a sanatorium of the Madras Presidency.

After John Sullivan reported on the Nilgiris in 1819, a road was built from Sirumugai and the Ooty Lake was created in 1824. By 1827 Ootacamund was established as a sanatorium of the Madras Presidency. Governor Stephen Lushington encouraged its further development. The town later became the summer capital of the Presidency and one of the best known hill stations in India.

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  1. 1819

    1. 2 Jan 1819OotyGovernance

      John Sullivan explores the Nilgiris

      Coimbatore Collector John Sullivan set out to explore the Nilgiri hills, leading to the founding of Ootacamund.

  2. 1825

    1. 1 Jun 1825PulicatDiplomacy

      Dutch possessions on the Coromandel Coast pass to Britain

      Under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the Dutch ceded their Coromandel settlements, including Pulicat, to the British on 1 June 1825.

  3. 1827

    1. 6 Jul 1827PattikondaGovernance

      Governor Thomas Munro dies of cholera

      Sir Thomas Munro, Governor of Madras and architect of the ryotwari system, died of cholera at Pattikonda while on tour.

  4. 1829

    1. 23 Apr 1829 to 3 Apr 1831OotyReligion

      St. Stephen's Church founded at Ooty

      St. Stephen's Church at Ootacamund, whose foundation stone Governor Stephen Lushington laid, opened for worship in 1831.

  5. 1848

    1. 1848OotyEnvironment

      Government Botanical Garden laid out at Ooty

      William Graham McIvor of Kew laid out the Government Botanical Garden at Ootacamund.

  6. 1860

    1. 1860OotyAgriculture

      Cinchona introduced to the Nilgiris

      Cinchona plants brought from South America by Clements Markham's expedition were planted at Ootacamund as a source of quinine.

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