Georg Plebst (1823-1888)
was a German missionary who arrived India in 1851
and established one of the first tile making factories known as The Common Wealth Trust Ltd or locally addressed as
Basel Mission tile factory
The Common Wealth Trust Ltd or locally referred to as Basel Mission tile factory run by the German missionary Plebot (Georg Plebst in reality), with an unnamed Indian master-potter, was the first Mangalore tile manufacturing factory to be set u ...
in 1860, after they found large deposits of clay by the banks of the
Gurupura and
Nethravathi rivers. It was located near
Morgan's Gate on the banks of the river Nethravathi.
He left India in 1868.
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History of Mangalore
German Protestant missionaries
Christian clergy from Mangalore
Protestant missionaries in India
German expatriates in India