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Ooty Name Change Appeal
July 22 , 2026
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- Residents of the Nilgiris have urged the Tamil Nadu Government to officially rename Udhagamandalam as Ootacamund (Ooty).
- The current official name, Udhagamandalam, was adopted in 1972, replacing the widely used name Ootacamund (Ooty).
- Historical records state that Ootacamund is derived from the indigenous Badaga name "Hottegemund" and not from English.
- The demand aims to recognise the region's indigenous heritage, including the Toda, Badaga, and Kota communities.
- Historical works by Rev. A. Metz (1830), Sir Frederic Price (1908), and the Badaga-English Dictionary (1992) trace the origin of the name to the indigenous Badaga language.
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