GK
NICKNAMES OF PLACES AND RIVERS
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Shillong
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Nilgiri
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Hyderabad
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Coorg
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Detailed explanation-1: -Coorg in Karnataka is known as the Scotland of India. It is also known as Kodagu, and is famous for its exquisite climate, hill ranges, and coffee plantations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Coorg is known as the Scotland of India because of the striking similarities between the two places in terms of geography, terrain, architecture, atmosphere, climate and numerous fresh water bodies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kodagu district (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State, at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State.
Detailed explanation-4: -Coorg is called “Scotland of India” because its hills (Karkala, Savandurga and Nodda) which surround coffee plantations make it look like a Scottish valley. They are with lush green mountains of foggy rolling hills and miles of walking trails.