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BUSINESS STANDARD

Ootacamund A History

Frederick Price

Rupa

xvi+569 pages/Rs 295

Charing Cross was always a rather grand name for the road junction in Ootacamund where a moustachioed traffic policeman in baggy trousers directed the traffic. Why this undistinguished spot had been named after a London railway station was always a mystery but it wasn

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First Published: Jul 10 2002 | 12:00 AM IST

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