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Description	Tribal hunters and gatherers like the Malayarayan and Muthuvan have lived in the area for countless years. While Tippu Sultan's campaign in Travancore was taking place, legend has it that Colonel Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, was the first British person to pass through Munnar. However, this legend is unsupported by historical evidence. Benjamin Swayne Ward conducted the first survey of the area in 1816–1817. He followed the Periyar into the Western Ghats and set up camp at the confluence of three rivers, from whence Munnar got its name.Nearly 50 years later, Sir Charles Trevelyan, the governor of Madras, gave Col. Douglas Hamilton the task of exploring the hill country in the western part of the Madras Presidency. He specifically asked for advice on the viability of establishing British sanatoria in the South and the development of revenue-generating projects without endangering the environment, as had occurred in Ceylon where coffee had destroyed not only the rain forest but also paddy cultivation.
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