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*[http://www.koi-hai.com/ 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
**Includes a [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=521666 link] to a Directory (34 pages pdf which may be downloaded) published by the India Tea Association Calcutta 1930, consisting of a ''Complete Index to Tea Gardens in India'' (28 pages) and maps of the North Eastern tea areas: Sibsagar (computer page 30); [[Cachar]] p31p 31; [[Dibrugarh]] (p32p 32) Lakimpur (p33p 33) and Sylhet (p34p 34)
*Very interesting and detailed [http://karachi.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://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)
*[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jZM7LUhlgScJ:minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/35484/Spielman.doc%3Fsequence%3D1+northern+bengal+mounted+rifles&cd=58&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Cultivating an Industry: A Survey of the lives of British Tea Planters in Assam 1860-1936] (html version) by A.H. Spielman 13 May 2009 [http://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/35484/Spielman.doc?sequence=1 Original link] minds.wisconsin.edu
* [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://www.deccanherald.com/content/415097/it039s-time-tea.html "It's time for tea"] by Anurag & Priya Ganapathy. Supplement, ''Deccan Sunday Herald'' (possibly Sunday 22 June 2014). An overview.
*[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 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131114023120/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/07/flight-by-elephant-andrew-martin-review archive.org] link)
*[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.pinterest.com/teabuddy/tea-garden-bungalows-of-colonial-india/ Photographs: Tea garden bungalows of colonial India] pinterest.com
*[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, located at [[Coonoor]], Nilgiris. Article [https://web.archive.org/web/20131127092701/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/a-tea-industry-anniversary/article4544060.ece A tea industry anniversary] by S. Muthiah, Madras Miscellany March 24, 2013 ''The Hindu''. The first tea auction at Coonoor was in 1863.
*[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2021%20No%205/otherstories.html#story4 When planters turned to their ''Directory of South India''] by K.V.S. Krishna ''Madras Musings'' Vol. XXI No. 5, June 16-30, 2011
