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== Records==

From the end of the 19th century special sections covering '''tea plantations''' appear in Thackers Indian Directories. [http://www.shop.fibis.org/fact_files.htm ''FIBIS Fact File No 3 - Indian Directories by Richard Morgan '']states "The tea section lists within each area the names of the firms, their “tea gardens” (areas under cultivation), the trade mark or logo of the company as it was stamped on their tea chests , the postal address, acreage, proprietors, general managers and assistants, Indian agents and addresses, and London Agents and addresses”

* ''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' no 9 contains an article entitled "Jokai Tea Estates" by Dick Barton. This also contains a useful reading list.

==Historical books==

*The [[British Library]] has the following book in its catalogue:

*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/424/mode/2up ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce and industrial resources''] by Somerset Playne , J W Bond 1917 at Archive.org lists four tea companies

==External links==

*[http://www.koi-hai.com/index.html Koi-Hai] a site for those who lived and worked in North East India, particularly in the Tea industry. Includes articles, list of relevant books, photos, some grave inscriptions, tourism information

*[http://shangrilajournals.com/shangrilajournals.com/Assam%20-%20Where.html Assam Where?] Growing up in the tea growing district of Cachar during the late 1940s and the 1950s from Shangrilajournals.com. (There are links at the bottom of the page)

*Very interesting and detailed [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/robertson.html interviews] of many aspects of the life and work of a tea planter. Travancore State, Calcutta, Darjeeling, N.W.F.P. Recorded by A.S. Robertson and his son, A.F. Robertson (1976 and 1979) from [[University of Cambridge - Centre of South Asian Studies]]. Listen to the interviews, or read the transcripts.

*[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2009-10/1255213630 Tea Planter in Bengal] a posting from the rootsweb India mailing list archives giving advice and information on researching Tea Planters.

* [http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/s-z.htm Business records relating to tea companies] in the Guildhall Library, London. It seems likely these companies are ones registered in the U.K.

*[http://oldindianphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Assam Old Indian Photos] has pictures of Assam and tea.

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