Tea Plantation In India During British Rule. ‘some aspects of the growth of the tea plantation labour force and labour. In the economic sphere, the british people were regarded as exploiters from the very beginning.
British started the cultivation from bengal and bengal gave a boost in indigo production around the whole world. This made india the karta dharta for britain. Wage labour in assam valley during colonial rule.
Commercial tea plantations were first established under the british rule when a native variety of camellia sinensis plant was discovered by scotsman robert bruce in 1823 in assam.
Many european scholars and government employees became increasingly interested in indian languages. It was pretty much inhospitable, with too many tribes. While historians disagree on the question whether india was getting poorer or not under british rule, there is no disagreement on the fact that throughout the period of british rule most. High profits of indigo cultivation appealed numerous scotsmen* and englishmen to become planters.