UDHAGAMANDALAM: The district management has observed the 163rd loss of life anniversary of John Sullivan, who was once the founding father of the modern Nilgiris, at his memorial in Kannerimukku village close to Kotagiri on Tuesday. District collector J Innocent Divya garlanded the statue of Sullivan and paid tribute to him
Sullivan had first visited the Nilgiris in January 1819. His wisdom of Kannada, which he had learned right through his stint as an assistant to the British Resident at Mysore in 1809, had come in handy to talk with native Badagas and procure five.five acres to put his camp as well as fruit and vegetable lawn on the hills at Kannerimukku. His first camping building has now been converted as his memorial.
Meanwhile the Nilgiris Documentation Centre (NDC) has made a plea to the district management to look at the loss of life anniversary on January 15 as an alternative of January 16. To beef up its declare, the NDC has equipped a copy of Sullivan's obituary understand and a reference from Sullivan's family tree acquired from his nice grandson, David Sullivan.
Sullivan had first visited the Nilgiris in January 1819. His wisdom of Kannada, which he had learned right through his stint as an assistant to the British Resident at Mysore in 1809, had come in handy to talk with native Badagas and procure five.five acres to put his camp as well as fruit and vegetable lawn on the hills at Kannerimukku. His first camping building has now been converted as his memorial.
Meanwhile the Nilgiris Documentation Centre (NDC) has made a plea to the district management to look at the loss of life anniversary on January 15 as an alternative of January 16. To beef up its declare, the NDC has equipped a copy of Sullivan's obituary understand and a reference from Sullivan's family tree acquired from his nice grandson, David Sullivan.
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