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Coffee production in Sri Lanka peaked in 1870, with over 111,400 hectares (275,000 acres) being cultivated. The Dutch had experimented with coffee cultivation in the 18th century, but it was not successful until the British began large scale commercial production following the Colebrooke–Cameron Commission reforms of 1833.
This is a timeline of Sri Lankan history, comprising important & territorial changes and political & economic events in Sri Lanka and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Sri Lanka .
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An infamous system of contract labour was established, which transported hundreds of thousands of Tamil 'coolies' from southern India into Sri Lanka for the coffee estates. These Tamils labourers started working on the plantations. An economic depression in the United Kingdom had severely affected the local coffee and cinnamon industry.
Lest you think the coffee industry had already finished expanding by the 21st century, in the past two decades South Korea has become one of the world's fastest-growing coffee markets, and the ...
The name board of the Loolecondera estate, Kandy, Sri Lanka. The Loolecondera estate was the first tea plantation estate in Sri Lanka , established in 1867 by Scotsman James Taylor . The estate is located 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Kandy , Sri Lanka .
George Steuart Group of Companies (George Steuarts) is Sri Lanka's oldest mercantile establishment, having been established in 1835 during British occupation of Ceylon.It is the oldest surviving mercantile firm in the country, with a recorded history dating back to the early 19th century, and is the first on the register of companies in Sri Lanka [1] [2]
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