why has the ownership of tea cultivation changed in india after independence
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To counter smuggled tea, on the one hand, and the increasing Chinese demand for silver on the other, the British responded by growing opium in India — largely in Bengal, Patna, Benares and the Malwa plateau — and smuggling it into China, in exchange for their beloved beverage.
Assam
Tea production in Assam was approximately 702 million kilograms in fiscal year 2019, the highest to any other region in the country. West Bengal came second that year with close to 395 million kilograms.
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