बिथाङानो सुलिभान जाय निलगिरिखौ नोरजिया बृटिस सानथ्रिफोरनि थाखाय देहा फाहामसालि महरै गायसननो थाखाय इष्ट इण्डिया कम्पानिनि देरसिम बिबानगिरिफोरखौ खर' गंग्लाय होनो हादोंमोन ।
It was Sullivan who persuaded the initially skeptical Directors of the East India Company to develop the Nilgiris as a sanatorium for sick British troops .