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*[https://specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=14604 Early tea cultivation in India and Sri Lanka] Cambridge University Library’s Special Collections. Includes images.
*[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=81070 The Story of India Tea] 1917 British Pathe film clip
*[https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-elephant-man The Elephant Man] 8 Nov 2010 (cam.ac.uk) 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. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-11652782 BBC article] 1 November 2010 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 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131114023120/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/07/flight-by-elephant-andrew-martin-review archive.org] link). [https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/past-catalogues/lot.php?auction_id=188&lot_uid=194151 Medals issued to Gyles Mackrell] dnw.co.uk. Longer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLMj-zG2Vmc YouTube video: The Elephant Man].
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/581001.html "Retreat from Burma 1942: The Struggles through the Northern Passes"] by Harry Fecitt “Harry’s Sideshows” kaiserscross.com. The involvement of the tea planters.
*[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]
