Indian Geography UPPSC 2004 GS-I
Question

Coffee plantations were introduced by the British, first of all in:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Coorg district

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Coorg district”.

The British introduced coffee cultivation on a mass scale, capitalizing on the coffee beans that were brought over some centuries earlier. The first coffee estate was established in Coorg in 1854 by an Englishman named John Fowler.

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