The Assam Company, consisting of European tea planters, remained the virtual proprietor of the tea industry till 1850. In the 1850s, who among the following established two small proprietary tea gardens of his own, which were confiscated by the State after his execution for treason in 1858 ?
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This question was previously asked in
UPSC CAPF – 2014
– Maniram Dewan (Maniram Datta Barua) was one of the pioneers of the Assamese tea industry who established private tea gardens alongside the dominant European-owned Assam Company.
– He participated in the Indian Mutiny of 1857, attempting to organize an uprising in Assam. His letters to plotters were intercepted, leading to his arrest and execution in 1858. His properties, including his tea gardens, were confiscated by the British East India Company.