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- ↑ "Government Arts College | the Nilgiris District, Tamilnadu | India".
- ↑ "College history".
- ↑ Special Correspondent (19 June 2009). "Counselling dates at Ooty Arts College". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2011.