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Question

Coffee plantations were introduced by the British, first of all in:

  1. Chickmanglur district
  2. Coorg district
  3. Nilgiri district
  4. Wynaad district

Answer:

Option B: Coorg district

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Coorg district”.

The British introduced coffee cultivation on a mass scale, capitalizing on the coffee beans that were brought over some centuries earlier. The first coffee estate was established in Coorg in 1854 by an Englishman named John Fowler.