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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.
1971 JVP insurrection: Marxist insurrection conducted by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna against the government of Sri Lanka. 1972: Sri Lanka becomes a republic, and country's name Ceylon was changes to Sri Lanka: 1983 24–30 July Black July by the government and Sinhalese mobs; Beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War: 1987 29 July Signing of the ...
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.
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Sri Lankan history timelines" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... List of years in ...
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 first recorded coffee plantation of that time was in Baddegama, Galle District, as a planted garden crop. The venture failed due to the unsuitability of the area for coffee cultivation. The first to successfully grow coffee on a commercial scale was George Bird, who established a coffee plantation in Singhapitiya.
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 .
Harischandra Mills PLC is a food processing company in Sri Lanka. Founded by C. A. Harischandra in 1943, Harischandra Mills was a pioneer in employee provident funds, establishing one in 1952, six years before the national Employees' Provident Fund. The company was incorporated in 1953 and listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 1983.