Udhagamandalam (Ooty), Tamil Nadu

Udhagamandalam, better known as Ooty, is the most popular hill station in Southern India. The city has a population of 80,000 people and it is the headquarters of the Nilgiris district. Once again, it was the British who constructed the first railway line in the area and made it the summer capital of the Madras Presidency.

The Nilgiri Hills were part of Hoysala empire under King Vishnuvardhana in the 12th century. It then became part of Mysore that was later surrendered to the British by Tipu Sultan.