Munro’s visit 200 years ago to Nilgiris helped it to become first hill station of British Raj | Chennai News
Chennai: About 200 years ago, Sir Thomas Munro, then Governor of Madras, visited Ooty at the invitation of Coimbatore collector John Sullivan, and this led to the Nilgiri Hills being declared the first hill station of the British Raj.“The sides of the hills are covered with a purple flower, the size of Bangalore geraniums, which…
