Aruvankadu, is a small town located in The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu in India between Coonoor and Ooty, at distances 5 km and 12 km respectively. It houses the Cordite Factory, one of the 40 Indian Ordnance Factories, and one of the oldest, established in 1903. It is also the place where Robert Hanbury Brown, a British astronomer and physicist was born.
