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*[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=81070 The Story of India Tea] 1917 British Pathe film clip
*[http://www.sms.csx.cam.ac.uk/media/1077801 The Elephant Man] is about the rescue of refugees fleeing Burma in 1942 by Gyles Mackrell, an Assam tea planter. He mounted an operation to save refugees who were trapped by flooded rivers at the border with India using the only means available to get them across - elephants. Includes YouTube film clip from the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge.
*[http://www.assamco.com/heritage.html Assam Company Ltd] Background to the Assam Tea Company and its [http://www.assamco.com/teaplantation.html Tea Plantations ]*[http://www.upasi.org/ UPASI (The United Planters' Association of Southern India)] is an apex body of planters of tea, coffee, rubber, pepper and cardamom in the Southern States of India viz. Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka in existence since 1893. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-05/1336487052 post] says they have records of all planters [for that area] and an extensive library going back nearly 100 years.
*The Path to the Hills: History of the Plantations on Western Ghats. Tea Coffee and Rubber. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:mb4CNqQRCP4J:www.stayhomz.com/history.pdf+%22Revenue+Surveyor%22+india&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjJ-qgPODhYYUQNTdFdWt8T3x88hyAS0UHSWTdBi2dEs1tpROafaGqWnoCjBNinzl1B1-G2jJ8flSKywf0LS93XY8VkLuBxcPdwQC5R23u8wiqwMraS-H-cSzAYJdnoHvQabSgx&sig=AHIEtbSXREsUXnSeYhrMadnsqB5e_PQRBg html version], [http://www.stayhomz.com/history.pdf original pdf] www.stayhomz.com
*[http://www.historyofceylontea.com History of Ceylon Tea] includes many [http://www.historyofceylontea.com/Browse/browse-our-archives.asp online publications] including [http://www.historyofceylontea.com/Fe_Browse/fergusons-directories.asp Ferguson’s Ceylon Directories] from 1871 to 1930 (Broken range). For Ferguson’s Directories, this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-05/1306396281 post] advises "In the index on the left hand side look for an entry marked (usually) General Directory (towards the bottom) and then click on a page to see the contents".
