Seeds of Bank Nationalization was possibly sown in Ooty. 21 private sector banks were taken over by the government in 1969 and 1971. The seeds of this historic decision were possibly sown exactly ten years earlier at Ooty at the All India Congress Committee, Sub-Committee Planning Seminar held on MayRead More →
Ever since Sullivan opened up Nilgiris, the Colonial governors had half a mind to shift the capital from Madras to Ooty. In 1828 Governor Elphinstone came for a short stay and prolonged his stay for eight months on one excuse or the other. When Shimla was made the Summer CapitalRead More →
Known as Nai kadi Aspathiri in Tamil (dog-bite Hospital), the Pasteur Institute of Southern India, Coonoor, was the venue of the first International Rabies Conference in 1952. It is here that the anti-rabies vaccine, which saves the lives of nearly 24,000 persons in a year is manufactured under the leadershipRead More →
The first mode of transport for Europeans to the Nilgiris was palanquin carried by bearers. Then came the bullock cart after the foot paths were widened to make them cart paths. The mails were still carried by runners. After Ooty became the Summer Capital of the Madras Presidency in 1870Read More →
The Nilgiris, prior to the coming of the British, does not seem to have had a policing system. A kind of moral law appear to have prevailed among the original inhabitants of the district. The communal system was such that village crime was almost unknown, whether against persons or property.Read More →