Tea production in Bangladesh tea began in the Mulnicherra Estate in Sylhet in 1857. The Surma River Valley in the Sylhet region emerged as the centre of tea cultivation in Eastern Bengal. Plantations also flourished in Lower Tippera (modern Comilla) and Panchagarh which in North Bengal.Panchagarh is the only third tea zone in Bangladesh and most demanded teas cultivated here. Tea was a major export of British Bengal. The Assam Bengal Railway served as a lifeline for the industry, transporting tea from growers in the Surma and Brahmaputra Valleys to exporters in the Port of Chittagong. The Chittagong Tea Auction was established in 1949
History of tea in India maker Jahnu Barua has been campaigning for a separate time zone for the north east region. "Sagina Mahato", a 1970 Bengali film, directed by Tapan Sinha, deal with labour rights in the tea plantations in the Northeast during the British Raj. "Paradesi (2013 film)" (English: Vagabond) is a 2013 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Bala. The film is based on real life incidents that took place before independence in the 1930s especially in southern tea estates. History of tea in India India is one of the largest tea producers in the world, although over 70 percent of