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Question
Write in detail about the plantation industries.
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Solution
- The plantation industry was the first to attract the Europeans. This provides jobs on large scale.
- In reality, it could meet the increasing demands for tea, coffee, and indigo by the British Society.
- The Assam Tea Company was founded in 1839.
- Coffee plantations also started simultaneously.
- As the tea plantation was the most important industry of Eastern India, coffee plantation became the center of activities in South India.
- The Third important plantation, which gave birth to factory was jute.
- All these Industries were controlled by many former employees of the British East India Company.
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