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| a hilly, beautiful region in india between rainy seasons. | a hilly, beautiful region in india between rainy seasons. | ||
| first known written mention of nilgiris is in the 11th century.it was ceded to the east india company in 1799, but was unkown to the british until 1818. the first european official and settler was john sullivan, who, as an avid gardener introduced a number of european and south african plant varieties. | |||
| nilgiris means blue mountains. | |||
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to see pictures of nilgiris link http://community.webshots.com/album/73428008VIAeED
a hilly, beautiful region in india between rainy seasons.
first known written mention of nilgiris is in the 11th century.it was ceded to the east india company in 1799, but was unkown to the british until 1818. the first european official and settler was john sullivan, who, as an avid gardener introduced a number of european and south african plant varieties. nilgiris means blue mountains.