Malnicherra Tea Estate (also known as Malnichhera Tea Garden) is a
tea garden
A tea garden is an outdoor space or garden where tea and light refreshments are served, or any garden with which the drinking of tea is associated. Especially in India, it is also a common term for a tea plantation. The tea garden was a part o ...
located in
Sylhet district
Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট), located in north-east Bangladesh, is the divisional capital and one of the four districts in the Sylhet Division.
History
Sylhet district was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Bengal Pro ...
of
Bangladesh
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. It is the oldest tea garden in the
subcontinent
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.
Malnichhera Tea Garden is not only the largest and first established tea garden in Bangladesh, but also in the subcontinent. It was established by Lord Hurdson in 1849 on 1500 acres of land.
The tea garden is located a short distance from
Sylhet International Airport.
Harong Hurong
Harong Hurong ( bn, হারং হুরং) is the name of an ancient cave in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh. The word ''Harong Hurong'' are the two dialects of two ancient Sylheti word. In Sylheti language, the word 'harong' means narrow or a ...
, an ancient cave situated in the remote area of Malnicherra.
History
In 1650, the first tea production began in China. Drinking
tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northe ...
was one of the seven tasks of the daily life of the intellectuals of the country. About 200 years later, in 1849, the first tea production started in the subcontinent in Sylhet.
The
British
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and
Bangladeshis
Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay.
Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the p ...
became accustomed to tea.
Tea cultivation in the subcontinent originated from the Malnicherra tea garden in
Sylhet
Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...
. Malnicherra has been operated by many
English
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,
Pakistani and Bangladeshi merchents and has been privately owned since 1988.
[ When former US Ambassador Harry K. Thomas passing through the garden path, he said that the world is so beautiful that it is impossible to understand without seeing the Malnichhera garden.]
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* Tea production in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is an important tea-producing country. It is the 10th largest tea producer in the world. Its tea industry dates back to British rule, when the East India Company initiated the tea trade in the hills of the Sylhet region. In addition t ...
References
External links
Malnicherra Tea Garden Estate - Travel Mate
{{Sylhet District
Tea production
Tea industry in Bangladesh
Economy of Sylhet