Gajraj Singh Thapa
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Gajraj Singh Thapa
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Colonel Gajraj Singh Thapa was the first person to establish tea plantation estates in Nepal. Around 1873, Thapa, son-in-law of Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana, was on a tour of Darjeeling. He was impressed by the sight of the young tea plants and the taste of the drink he was offered everywhere he went. Upon his return to Nepal, he set up two plantations – the Ilam and Soktim tea estates, 103 acres (42 ha) each – and so began Nepal's tea industry. Colonel Thapa was then the Governor General of
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Badahakim (governor) of Ilam, Nepal
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2024-02-06T02:30:27Z
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