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== History == Stone-age implements have been found near an ancient shrine located in the [[Servarayan Hills]], about 5 km from the Yercaud lake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000917/spectrum/travel.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune β Spectrum β Travel|work=The Tribune|access-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> In the 1820s, [[M. D. Cockburn]], the collector of [[Salem district]] facilitated the establishment of coffee plantations and citrus fruit saplings imported from [[South Africa]]. It was later discovered by [[Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet|Thomas Munro]], the Governor of [[Madras Presidency]] in 1842 and popularized as a recreation retreat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/archives/feel-country-yercaud-2171734|title=Feel of the country in Yercaud|date=8 January 2014|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]|access-date=1 December 2023|archive-date=7 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107112541/https://www.deccanherald.com/archives/feel-country-yercaud-2171734|url-status=live}}</ref>
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