A tea industry anniversary - The Hindu
"Whatever the environmentalists may say about the felling of forests in the Nilgiris and the Western Ghats, there’s no gainsaying the fact that it was coffee, first, then tea, rubber and spices that sustained the economy of the Madras Presidency in the first half of the 20th Century. And of them all, tea was the most important."
Madras Presidency was administered by the British, and majority of Tea Plantations were owned by them. The benefits mainly accrued to the Britishers and the costs were/are borne by the natives.
"Whatever the environmentalists may say about the felling of forests in the Nilgiris and the Western Ghats, there’s no gainsaying the fact that it was coffee, first, then tea, rubber and spices that sustained the economy of the Madras Presidency in the first half of the 20th Century. And of them all, tea was the most important."
Madras Presidency was administered by the British, and majority of Tea Plantations were owned by them. The benefits mainly accrued to the Britishers and the costs were/are borne by the natives.
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