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Tea Plantation

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*[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.
*[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. More about Gyles Mackrell’s story in this [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/07/flight-by-elephant-andrew-martin-review link] theguardian.com
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