Rao Bahadur H B Ari Gowder – 131st Birth Anniversary

Rao Bahadur H B Ari Gowder

(4 Dec 1893 – 28 Jun 1971)

Rao Bahadur H B Ari Gowder

Rao Bahadur H.B.Ari Gowder, the first Badaga graduate, first Badaga M.L.C & M.L.A for a long time who had brought many reforms in/to Badaga Community including ‘prohibition’ (no alcohol – kudi) to Nilgiris in British days itself. Ari Gowder lead the Indian contingent (“INDIAN CONTINGENT) to World Scouts Jumboree held in Godollo, Budapest, Hungary, Europe in the 1933.

Founder of NCMS – Nilgiris Co-Operative Marketing Society at Ooty and Mettupalayam for the farmers of the Hills in 1935

With Collector of the Nilgiris Mrs.Lakshmi Divya Thaneeru, paying homage to Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder on his 131st Birth Anniversary

Rao Bahadur Ari Gowder’s grand daughter Mrs,Tara Jayaprakash &

his nephew Wing Commander Bellie Jayaprakash

The Nilgiris Collector Mrs.Lakshmi Bhavya Thanneeru, along with other dignitaries paying homage to Rao Bahadur Ari Gowder on his 131st Birth Anniversary at NCMS Camous, Ooty. She also planted a tree sapling on the occasion.