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Darjeeling tea plantation, West Bengal, India. Tea plantation in the Indian district od Darjeeling began in 1841 by Arthur Campbell, a civil surgeon of the Indian Medical Service. He brought seeds of the Chinese tea plant (Camellia sinensis) from Kumaun and began to experiment with tea planting in Darjeeling.