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Assam is a region of north-east India in the Brahmaputra valley, annexed by the East India Company after the First Anglo-Burmese War and the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826.
26.2, 92.9 · regional · indigenous tea use pre-1823; British cultivation 1834 – present
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- A place in: How Tea Moved · 6 places
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- annexed by English (later British) East India Company — Assam passed under East India Company control after the First Anglo-Burmese War and the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826, before commercial tea planting began there.
- is cultivated in of Assam Company — The Assam Company, founded in 1839, took over the government experimental gardens and established the plantation system in the Brahmaputra valley.
- is native to of Camellia sinensis — The Indian Assam type lineage is native to north-east India, at what genetic studies describe as the south-western limit of the natural range of var. assamica.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
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