Assam Co
Other Business Names:
- Inchcape Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Calcutta, India
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Extraction
Coal extraction
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Transport services
Inland navigations services
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Agriculture & fishing
Plantation management, tea
Notes:
Established in London in 1839 and for long administered by London and Calcutta boards. Formed to establish tea plantations and became a major tea producer. Owned river transport and briefly diversified into coal mining. 1980 acquired by Inchcape
Publications:
- Avoiding negligence and profusion. The failure of the joint stock form in the Anglo Indian tea trade, 1840-1870 by Aldous, Michael
- History of the Assam Company, 1839-1953 by Antrobus, Hinson A
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Inchcape Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Calcutta, India
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Extraction Coal extraction
- Transport services Inland navigations services
- Agriculture & fishing Plantation management, tea
Notes:
Established in London in 1839 and for long administered by London and Calcutta boards. Formed to establish tea plantations and became a major tea producer. Owned river transport and briefly diversified into coal mining. 1980 acquired by InchcapePublications:
- Avoiding negligence and profusion. The failure of the joint stock form in the Anglo Indian tea trade, 1840-1870 by Aldous, Michael
- History of the Assam Company, 1839-1953 by Antrobus, Hinson A