Against the Flow of the Brahmaputra River: Cholera and ‘Coolies’ in the Tea Plantations of Colonial Assam
Published online on December 01, 2025
Abstract
Indian Historical Review, Volume 52, Issue 2, Page 243-262, December 2025.
In the nineteenth century, the tea gardens of Assam were one of the major commercial developments in colonial Assam. With the expansion of tea gardens, the demography of the province was changed as large numbers of immigrants were transported to the tea ...
In the nineteenth century, the tea gardens of Assam were one of the major commercial developments in colonial Assam. With the expansion of tea gardens, the demography of the province was changed as large numbers of immigrants were transported to the tea ...