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  2. History of tea in India - Wikipedia

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    India's tea industry is the fourth largest in the world, producing $709,000,000 worth of tea. [13] As of 2013 the consumption of green tea in India was growing by over 50% a year. [14] The major tea-producing states in India are: Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Sikkim, Nagaland. [15]

  3. History of tea - Wikipedia

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    The British started commercial tea plantations in India and in Ceylon: "In 1824 tea plants were discovered in the hills along the frontier between Burma and Assam. The British introduced tea culture into India in 1836 and into Ceylon (Sri Lanka) in 1867. At first they used seeds from China, but later seeds from the clonal Assam plant were used."

  4. Charles Alexander Bruce - Wikipedia

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    In India, he worked initially as a naval officer of the East India Company. [7] Bruce's brother Robert brought to notice the indigenous Assamese tea plant in 1823 and told Charles of its existence. [citation needed] In 1824, Bruce served in the First Anglo-Burmese War, during which he was posted to Sadiya and made commander of a division of ...

  5. Robert Fortune - Wikipedia

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    His most famous accomplishment was the successful introduction, although it was not the first by any means, of Chinese tea plants (Camellia sinensis), along with skilled tea makers, from China to India in 1848 on behalf of the British East India Company. Robert Fortune worked in China for several years in the period from 1843 to 1861.

  6. Spice trade - Wikipedia

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    Austronesians also introduced many Austronesian cultigens to southern India, Sri Lanka, and eastern Africa that figured prominently in the spice trade. [31] They include bananas , [ 32 ] Pacific domesticated coconuts , [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Dioscorea yams, [ 35 ] wetland rice, [ 32 ] sandalwood , [ 36 ] giant taro , [ 37 ] Polynesian arrowroot , [ 38 ...

  7. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [32] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...

  8. Etymology of tea - Wikipedia

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    The different words for tea fall into two main groups: "te-derived" and "cha-derived" (Cantonese and Mandarin). [2]Most notably through the Silk Road; [25] global regions with a history of land trade with central regions of Imperial China (such as North Asia, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East) pronounce it along the lines of 'cha', whilst most global maritime regions ...

  9. Puzzle - Wikipedia

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    The largest puzzle (40,320 pieces) is made by a German game company Ravensburger. [8] The smallest puzzle ever made was created at LaserZentrum Hannover. It is only five square millimeters, the size of a sand grain. The puzzles that were first documented are riddles. In Europe, Greek mythology produced riddles like the riddle of the Sphinx ...