Guwahati, May 23 -- Even as the world celebrated the International Tea Day on May 21, a recently published book marking two hundred years of tea as an industry in Assam, has brought to the fore several scientific aspects and called it "a beverage of well-being."
While the United Nations had designated May 21 as International Tea Day, the Tea Board of India has announced "Tea for Better Lives" as the theme for observing this day in the country.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that celebrating 200 years of Assam Tea, marks Assam's industrial legacy.
Referring to its history, Sarma recently at a function had said that tea was the first major industry in Assam, discovered in 1823.
The Assam government and many other orga...
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