- Chinese prisoners played a role in what Nilgiri hills is today is hardly known
- 1604: visit by first European from Portugal to Nilgiris. 1820: Colonial British rulers first allowed outside world to enter the area
- Switzerland laid foundation of a hill railway. Post 1947: hydropower units set up by Canadians, first PSU established by French
- Nilgiri Documentation Centre calls for exploring hill’s historical, heritage links this year keeping China in mind to boost tourism
- In wake of II Opium War involving British rulers and Qing Dynastry in China, Chinese prisoners landed in Nilgiris in 1850
- Chinese built Lawrence School at Lovedale, planted tea saplings, cultivated cinchona to combat malaria, only cinchona factory survives
- Chinese prisoners after completing their prison terms at Naduvattam jail, settled down, took up dairy works and gardening
- Chinese role in fighting malaria and laying foundation of commercial tea production is recalled.
Exams Perspective:
- Chinese Prisoners in Nilgiri
- Nilgiri
- Opium Wars
- Public Sector Undertaking (PSU)