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Nilgiris district

Nilgiris district

District in Tamil NaduWikipedia

Search complete. 13 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Nilgiris district".

Sep 27, 2026

Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
55:03
At an early period, the British East India Company, as the principal trade intermediary between China and Europe, became deeply interested in the question of tea cultivation in their eastern possessions, but without much success until in eighteen forty when the Assam Tea Company was formed, from which year the successful cultivation of tea in India has been carried on.
Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
55:29
The tea districts of that country, including at the present time, in order of their priority, Assam, Dehradun, Kumaon, Darjeeling, Cachar, Kangra, Hazarila, Chitigong, Burma, Nilgiri, and Travancore.
Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
55:49
Various efforts were made to introduce tea culture into Ceylon under both Dutch and British rule.
Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
55:56
No permanent success being attained until about eighteen seventy-six when the disastrous effects of the coffee leaf disease induced the planters to give more serious attention to tea.

2 HRS 12 MINS LATER

ClaireNARRATOR
187:49
Many of the plantations were finally composed of hybrids or crosses between the China and India species, which is now claimed to have been an error as the nearer each variety approaches to the indigenous, the higher its excellence.
ClaireNARRATOR
188:01
The tea-producing districts of India are widely scattered, the largest, Assam, being situated in the extreme northeast of the country bordering on the Burmese Empire, the others being located on the northwestern boundary of Nepal and the Punjab, while central India appears to be entirely devoid of tea gardens up to the present.
ClaireNARRATOR
188:20
There are numerous plantations, however, scattered over the southwestern provinces of the peninsula, most notably in Wanad, Nilgiri, and Travancore.
ClaireNARRATOR
188:29
In India, tea is grown on extensive estates often comprising thousands of acres situated principally in the alluvial valleys of large rivers or formed on land reclaimed from primeval jungle, possessing all the richness of virgin soil and cultivated either by the individual owners or the agents of companies commanding considerable capital.
Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
61:14
At an early period, the British East India Company, as the principal trade intermediary between China and Europe, became deeply interested in the question of tea cultivation in their eastern possessions, but without much success until in eighteen forty when the Assam Tea Company was formed, from which year the successful cultivation of tea in India has been carried on.
Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
61:40
The tea districts of that country, including at the present time, in order of their priority, Assam, Dehra Dun, Kumaon, Darjeeling, Cachar, Kangra, Hazarila, Chittagong, Burma, Nilgiris, and Travancore.
Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
62:00
Various efforts were made to introduce tea culture into Ceylon under both Dutch and British rule.
Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
62:07
No permanent success being attained until about eighteen seventy-six when the disastrous effects of the coffee leaf disease induced the planters to give more serious attention to tea.

2 HRS 25 MINS LATER

ClaireNARRATOR
207:06
But labor and fuel-saving machinery are affecting such economy in the cultivation and preparation of tea in India as to yearly reduce the cost of its production.
ClaireNARRATOR
207:15
So many improvements for drying, rolling, firing and sorting are annually being recorded that it is difficult even to estimate at what figure it may be produced there in the future.
ClaireNARRATOR
207:25
India teas comprise Assams, Kachars, Darjeelings, Dehraduns, Kumauns, Duars, Chittagongs, Julaguris, Rangwars and Nilgiris.
ClaireNARRATOR
207:38
District terms ranking in the order named and are converted into picots.
Harish YarlagaddaGUEST
29:48
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Harish YarlagaddaGUEST
29:48
Nilgiris, all these are taken care of, other sensitive areas, but not the Eastern Ghats and Deccan.
Harish YarlagaddaGUEST
29:54
So I liked what he was doing, and I also found that he's very similar to me.
Govindraj EthirajHOST
30:00
Hmm.

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Harish YarlagaddaGUEST
35:09
You know, I'll tell you one small example.
Shloka NathGUEST
35:11
Uh.
Harish YarlagaddaGUEST
35:11
There is a r- Indian rubber plant, right? It is in Nilgiris, it is in Andamans-
Shloka NathGUEST
35:15
Hmm
JunHOST
1:22
I also call her a chiropractor and many other things.
JunHOST
1:25
She did a bachelor's at Rajiv Gandhi University for Health Sciences, did a master's in sports medicine from Mumbai, and she has her own practice in the Nilgiri.
JunHOST
1:37
Dr. Srinivas Rao graduated from the Seth GS Medical College and King Edward VII Memorial KEM Hospital in Mumbai.
JunHOST
1:46
He specialized in ophthalmology in Bombay University and he was an ophthalmic surgeon with a very successful practice in Bangalore.

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Tea Its History and Mystery-Joseph M. Walsh

Sep 15 · 3 Mentions

Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
58:04
At an early period, the British East India Company, as the principal trade intermediary between China and Europe, became deeply interested in the question of tea cultivation in their eastern possessions, but without much success until in 1840, when the Assam Tea Company was formed, from which year the successful cultivation of tea in India has been carried on.
Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
58:29
The tea districts of that country, including at the present time, in order of their priority, Assam, Dehra Dun, Kumaon, Darjeeling, Cachar, Kangra, Hazarilla, Chidagung, Burma, Nilgiri, and Travancore.
Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
58:49
Various efforts were made to introduce tea culture into Ceylon under both Dutch and British rule.
Will ShakespeareNARRATOR
58:56
No permanent success being attained until about 1876, when the disastrous effects of the coffee leaf disease induced the planters to give more serious attention to tea.

2 HRS 17 MINS LATER

ClaireNARRATOR
196:19
Many of the plantations were finally composed of hybrids or crosses between the China and India species, which is now claimed to have been an error, as the nearer each variety approaches to the indigenous, the higher its excellence.
ClaireNARRATOR
196:31
The tea-producing districts of India are widely scattered, the largest, Assam, being situated in the extreme northeast of the country bordering on the Burmese Empire, the others being located on the northwestern boundary of Nepal and the Punjab, while central India appears to be entirely devoid of tea gardens up to the present.
ClaireNARRATOR
196:50
There are numerous plantations, however, scattered over the southwestern provinces of the peninsula, most notably in Wanad, Nilgiri, and Travancore.
ClaireNARRATOR
196:59
In India, tea is grown on extensive estates, often comprising thousands of acres situated principally in the alluvial valleys of large rivers, or formed on land reclaimed from primeval jungle, possessing all the richness of virgin soil and cultivated either by the individual owners or the agents of companies commanding considerable capital.

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