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Half a century ago at 00:00 Hours tonight 21 November 1962

21 November, 2012

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India China

By- Dilip Dutta STOP: An apology for an error in this paragraph, “After the Establishment of the Peoples Republic of…

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Assam Tea production down by 13 million Kgs

30 March, 2012

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By- Staff Reporter | Date- March 29, 2012 An unusual drought and rain less climate has hit hard the Assam tea industry as production…

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Global Investment – Impact on PRE and POST Colonial Assam

17 November, 2011

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Women tea workers pluck tea leaves at the Krishna Bihari Tea Garden in Sivasagar, Assam on 27 April 2011. Assam and neighboring states account for more than 70 percent of the more than 1 million tons produced by India's $1.5 billion tea industry. The tea plantations employ nearly 3 million people, mostly women, in jobs that pay about $1.50 a day, plus free housing and subsidized food. Most of the workers are illiterate.

Pre-colonial Assam had a feudal economy. The Assamese king was the absolute owner of all land except the royal grants…