September 28 08

 Please click on name to go to #Devaya  & Ratna

March 2 06

The e-mail addresses below have been removed as Doug Armstrong
tells me he has had several e-mails from me in the last few days all with virus attached--I have not e-mailed Doug for a long time--someone is playing games --If you need an address e--mail me and I will be pleased to forward your needs to you 

Sorry Editor

My e-mail address is davidkoih@aol.com

To find the details on a person please go down the alphabetical  the list and then click on the name

Andrew, Rob
Armstrong, Doug
#Bushan and Kanchan Arora
Auld, Audrey
#Bartlett Peter & Merle
#Barton,  Dick
#Bajaj Raminder (Gogi)
Bayley,  Phil
Batra, Sanjay
Beattie,  Bill
Bedi, Ranga
#Beven Jim 
# Bhattacharya Gautam
Campbell Ian
Charlier, Bill
Chaurasia,  Kailash
Coombes,   Neil & Enid
Copland,  David and Susie
Courtney,  Mike and Kathy
Das,  Ranjit
#Devaya & Ratna 
Elliott,  Don and Lorna
Flint, Andrew
Fraser,  Sandy
Gill, John
Gregory,  Robin
Hannan,  Emadul
Humphries,  Robin
Jennings , Sandy & Gwen
Kaul, Arun
#Amir & Shaheen Khan
Kidwai, Ravi
Kincaid,  David
Knight,  Jim and Wendy
Lakhar, Rick
Lane,  Alan and Jacqueline
Larkins,  Ashley and Patricia
Lyness,  Barbara
Mehra,  Rajan & Shalini
Mogg, Dacre & Janet
#AlokeMookerjee
Patney, Roopy
Pearson, Sandy and Barbara
Pearson,  Vic
Perry, Derek and Bev
Pinto, Jim and Nancy
Powell Jones, Bob and Dorothy
Ray-Chaudhuri,  Bibek & Runu
Richmond,  George and Diana
#Jimmy Robinson
Rogers, Richard A
Scallon,   Holly & Ann
Sharp,  Dennis & Fairlie
Shenoi Venk
Shortt,  Peter
Simpson, Dick and Dolly
Simpson,  Gordon & Yfke  
#Sanjiv Singh
Summors,  Matt and Glennie
Thomas,  Jim
Thyne,   John
#Tikari Jeff
Tripp,  Lue
Wilson,   Philip
Wood,  Alan
Wrangham,  Robin and Anthea
#Yousuf   Asad and Amy
Zaman,  Ali and Shireen

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Rob Andrew

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Doug Armstrong

Company --Duncan Brothers   1963-1970
Estates-Newlands, Meenglas, Newlands, Jitir
Current Location -- Sydney,Australia _____________________________________

Bhushan and Kanchan Arora

Vivek  Arora, the son of Bhushan and Kanchan Arora, tells me that his father died in 1999, having spent a lifetime in tea. Bhushan  retired as manager of Budlapara T.E. (Assam Frontier Co., Mangaldoi Distt., Assam) in 1989 after 36 years in tea. Vivek's mother, Mrs. Kanchan Arora, has an e-mail address and would be pleased to hear from old friends. The e-mail address is not quoted, but the editor would be pleased to let anyone who properly identifies themselves have her address. The editor's e-mail is davidkoih@aol.com.

 
Bhushan joined tea in 1953, Banarhat/Karbala T.E. (Andrew Yule); manager in 1959, Rajgarh T.E. (Naharkatia distt).; 1962-1971: Choonabhutti T.E. (Dooars); 1972-1989: Darjeeling, Dooars, Dibrugarh, Napuk T.E. (Sonari), Budlapara T.E. (Mangaldoi).

Family of the late Bhushan:  wife, Kanchan Arora; children, Sunandini Lal, Mandakini Arora, Vivek "Viki" Arora, Vineet Arora.
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Audrey Auld

Was at Killcott in the Dooars

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Peter & Merle Bartlett
James Warren from 1958 to 1971 in Assam   &  Malawi from 1971 to 1995

Dick Barton

      Born Tinsukia 1924 !  Father was an Assistant, then Manager & then Superintendant for Jokai from 1903 to 1938.  I left in 1930 but was very lucky to return on a short consultancy job in Oil in 1986.
      Any information about location of ANY Jokai records etc,  gratefully received.
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Raminder (Gogi) Bajaj

Joined Zaloni Tea Estate in the Tingri District in 1961--also served on Rajah Alli, Balijan, Tara and Deamoolie
Left Tea in 1975
Now relaxing and living in Pune, near Bombay
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Phil Bayley

A Williamson Magor Planter 1952 --1984

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Sanjay Batra

Bill Beattie

Assam Tea Company 1961-1966
Mackeypore, Lakmijan,Khoomtai, Mohokuti, and Suntok Tea Estates

Domiciled in Australia since 1966, and worked in Tropical Agriculture Research till 1987. Retired early and started an indoor Plant Hire business in Cairns which I sold 5 years later and now concentrate on growing rare palms from Madagascar. Agnes continues to work as a Primary school teacher

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Ranga Bedi
James Finlay 1956 - 1972
Tata Finlay 1972 - 1974

Estates---BORHAT, JAMGURI ACABAM

Clubs---NAHRKATIA and GOLAGHAT
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‘Gautam Bhattacharya’
 In tea since 1982

Now at Tarajulie TE Nr Tezpur

E-mail--  gbhattacharya@wmg.co.in

Gautam would love to hear from old friends

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Ian Campbell

Son of Stew and Betty, who were in  Assam 1946 - 1974:
Mancotta, Jamirah, Panitola, Hukanpukri and Bokel tea estates.

After Mum's death in 2001, I collected dreams of her passing and memories of her last months, into a book 'The Lark Ascending'. Extracts from this, with some photos and 50s' cines, are on my website at
    homepage.mac.com/ian20 

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Bill Charlier

Kailash Chaurasia

From 1959 to July 1986--The Moran Tea Co. Ltd
Moran,Sepon,Attabarrie&Lepetketta Tea Estates
Mostly on Sepon
Moran Polo Club

Neil & Enid Coombes

Neil  &  Enid were in Doom Dooma 1958/1965

Duncan Brothers from 1962 - 1971
Wife : Susie in India from 1969 - 1971
Orangjuli,Dumchipara,and Chalouni Estates,
Tocklai Research Institute
V.P. Advisor based at Dalingkote, acted on Jiti,Runglee, and Sankos and finished up a V.A. in Calcutta

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Mike and Kathy Courtney

Assam Tea company  1964-65
Assam Branch Indian Tea Association  1965-73
at Jorhat, Tezpur and Dibrugarh

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Ranjit Das

I am of the 1959 vintage with King William House Group of Companies
( SINGLO/EMPIRE/DOOARS Tea Companies in North East India)  then managed by Gillanders Arbuthnot

Don and Lorna Elliott

Lorna was previously married to Bob Clayton and in 1971 lived at Betjan Tea Estate and Jutlibari in the tangri District of Assam.They moved to Papua New Guinea in 1974 and were in Kudjip Tea Estate in the Banz District working for WR Carpenters. In 1976 they moved to the Bali Vitu Islands ,working for Bali Plantations.1977 were in the North Solomons.

Lorna is since remarried to Don Elliott who also worked in New Guinea for the past 25 years in the building Industry. They now live in Brisbane Australia with their Three children who are all grown up and married.

Lornas maiden name was Tripp her father was Ken Tripp who was an old tea planter in Darjeeling Assam and Dooars and he started the first tea plantation in Sikkim in 1964. 

Lorna says :

 It would be lovely to hear from any one from the good old days.

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Andrew Flint
 Association  with N.E.India
Arrived by sea on Circassia (Anchor Line) June 1959 in Bombay.     Left by air June 1980

Agencies
Jardine Henderson, McLeod Russell India Ltd. Magors

Estates
Kartick, Rydak, Gingia, Hunwal, Duklingia,
Matelli/Mootree, Jainti, Chuapara

Sandy Fraser

John Gill
Agency 
James Warren
Duration of service 1957 to 1962

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Robin  GREGORY

Robin Humphries

Joined Dekhari T.E. Moran District, Dec 1958. Moved to Dhoedaam T.E. Doom Dooma in 1966. Married Maxine 1963, daughter Maria born 1965. Left India 1967. Since then have been in tea at Amani and Tukuyu Tanzania 1968-1988. Son Jonathan born in Tanzania 1970. Since, Consulting in Ethiopia 1989-90 and Nigeria 1993-97 & other short term assignments until 2001. Now mainly retired except for voluntary work at CAB and for RBL 

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Sandy & Gwen Jennings

Doom Dooma district 1964 - 1969

Warren Tea Co.  -- Rupai and Dhoedaam Estates 

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Arun Kaul

Assam Company Limited
Joined 12/12/1966 and still working

     Amir & Shaheen Khan
:     

Vintage: 1966 (Still working)

Details. I joined Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd and was posted  posted at Hoolongooree/Choonabhutti/Hingrijan/Tinkong/Khowang/Murphulani/Basmatia/Desam.
My first billet was Karballa in 1979.
Left Andrew Yule in 1986 and joined Boisahabi Tea Estate as Superintendent.
Joined Octavius Tea & Industries Ltd. 1998-2001 as Visiting Agent.
Re-joined Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd. 2001-2003 as General Manager and posted at Khowang Tea Estate.
Retired from Khowang in 2003 and I am presently working as Advisor for Bokahola Tea Co. Pvt. Ltd.
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Ravi Kidwai

David Kincaid

The Jorehaut Company

Jim and Wendy Knight

Tirrhana, Amluckie,Oophulia, Shakomato,
Baijan, South Sealkotee, Dhoedaam
Arrived Assam 1948 left 1970
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Devaya & Ratna
Both claim to be “Tea Children” with parents who were in Tea. Ratna’s parents were Vippi and Nirmal Nanda who worked with WM’s/Mcleod Russell and Devaya’s father 
was with Brooke Bond/MB & Co, Coonoor, South India

Received by the Editor
My name is Ratna Nanda Devaya.I was born in Ainakhal  in Cachar to Vippi and Nirmal Nanda and spent a few years in the Dooars in Bhatpara and Kartick  and
Chuapara tea estates.I spent my most formative years in the North Bank in Assam in the districts of East Boroi at Nya Gogra Tea Estate and in Bishnauth at Gingia tea estate..
I met Devaya who joined the Williamson Magor group of Companies as their Tea Taster and assistant to John
Trinick in 1982 after having done his training with David Panter at George White & Co. London.We were married in 1985 and spent 4 years in Bishnauth at Majulighur Tea Estate.We spent 3 tears in Margherita when WM bought Mcleod Russel.We moved back to Pertabghur in 1992 and were there till 2001 when we moved to Guwahati as part of the Williamson Tea Holdings Plc. We are now back in Margherita since 2005 when the Magor Family sold out. We are still in tea and Devaya continues to work for Mcleod Russel India Ltd.

Devaya is the son of Ranee and NA Kuttaiah who spent many years with Brook Bond in South India and finally CEO of Matheson Basonquet Coonoor.

Ratna and Devaya would like to renew old friendships-- their e-mail is ratnadevaya@gmail.com

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Rick (Ritu) Lahkar.
Resided in Sycotta T.E; Katonibari T.E; Cinnamara T.E; Amluckie T.E. as the son of a a tea planter - Subol Dutta Lahkar between 1975 till 1990.Associated with Mariani Planters Club, Jorhat Gymkhana Club & Misa Planters Club.  Later I joined Williamson Magor & Co. Ltd after college,  based in the Guwahati office and trained to become a tea taster and was associated in the marketing & shipping departments. Was with Magors from 1995 till 1997.
Currently settled in Sacramento, California,United States and run my business brokerage firm here. But I still keep dreaming of the good ole' days of Assam.
my e-mail address - rlahkar@hotmail.com)    

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Alan and Jacqueline Lane

Alan was born in Bombay in 1943 and spent his  early years at the Tarrapore Tea Company garden Dewan T.E in Cachar district.His father was John J Lane (shown in the Assam Directory of 1964)Manager of Kalline T.E. in Assam .

Alan served as a Crossley  Engineer in Assam from 1963 to the end of 1968.  servicing and repairing Crossley engines in many tea estates throughout Assam and Cachar.He knew Bill Charlier when Bill was at Mohokutie Tea Estate in Moran District. Many others from Assam and Cachar are remembered, some of whom are highlighted in the Koi-Hai directory, including Ranga Bedi of Jamguri and Sandy Dick of Borhat  

Alan and his wife Jacqueline (nee O'Leary) married in Margherita Church (officiated by Padre Peter Innes from Digboi) in 1968. Jacqueline knew Sandy and Gwen Jennings(daughter of Vic Austin of Baghjan T.E, Doom Dooma). Jacqueline's father Tim O'Leary was Superintendent in charge of the war graves cemetery in Digboi prior to his death.
Alan's father, John J. Lane is still alive and very much kicking, knows Jimmy Mortimer very well from his days in Cachar.

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Ashley and Patricia Larkins
Ashley writes: I joined The Moran Tea Company in 1965 Served with the company at Moran, Attabarrie and Lepetkatta Tea Estates, as an Assistant Manager and later as Manager. Retired in 1996, as Senior Manager
of the group overseeing the Company's four Estates.

We were members of Moran Polo Club,and Dibrugarh & District Planters Club.
I was Secretary of Moran Polo Club for three terms and then President for two terms.

My wife Patricia was Lady Member and Flower Show
Convenor .We were both judges at several flower shows at Dibrugarh,Panitola & Doom Duma & Moran.

Patricia and I are now happily settled in Goa,where I am the General Managerof Goa Golf Club Pvt Ltd & Britto Amusements Pvt Ltd . My Present Company
has a Five Star Hotel 'Chances" which houses Goa's Largest Casino.
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Barbara Lyness

Through her daughter Sue  McKenzie-Edwards

Agency Williamson Magors  --1948-1966

Estates- North Bank --Manager Seajuli in North Lakhimpur for many years and also Attarkhat in Mangaldai District

Rajan & Shalini Mehra

Nudwa Tea Estate, Dibrugarh 

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Dacre & Janet Mogg

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Roopy Patney

1967 - 1990 Jokai ( Assam) Tea Co Ltd
Jokai India Ltd ( Balmer Lawrie)

Estates  
Daisajan, Tippuk, Hukanpukri Tea Estates
Dejoo, Koilamari Tea Estates ( North Lakhimpur)
Hattialli, Singlijan, Dikom Tea Estate

Clubs  
Doom - Dooma,Panitola, North Lakhimpur Planters Club & Dibrugarh & District Planters Club

Employed by Jalan Tea Group Of Industries since 1990 and based in New - Delhi

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Sandy and Barbara Pearson

My service in India and Sylhet with Duncan Brothers stretched from 1952 until the end of 1971 with a 2 year break from 1968 to 1970.
Service ---AMO Madapore,  Patrakhola, Chatlapore,  Doloo, Killcott,  Carron, Pathurjhora,  and Garganda,  finishing up on Karimpore.
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Vic Pearson

Williamson Magor's Estates in the Tingri District of Assam
Now residing in Perth Western, Australia
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Derek Perry and Bev

Andrew Yules 1954 to 1962. Karballa, Banarhat,and New Dooars T.E's, Binnaguri Club. Khowang, Basmatia, and Desam T.E's Assam , Clubs, Moran, Dibrugarh and Naharkathia. Two U.K. leaves, second time, fell in love, married a lady from Hagley Worcs. Came back to Desam (Acting) with memsahib 1962, daughter Diane born in the Welsh Mission Hospital Shillong, coinciding with the arrival of Chinese on the Assam border. This was like deja vau from earlier experience with Jap invaders, decided to quit.
Lived in Knowle Dorridge, Warwickshire, later Norwich , Norfolk . Worked for Midland Bank (now HSBC)  Son David born 1964.  Sadly, marriage became "toot gia".  Next stop Auckland NZ 1973 to 1997. Met and married the lovely Bev, a Kiwi lady from Christchurch of Scottish stock, who rescued me from a dissolute life of Riley. (I was forgetting to heed Chaterjee Babu advice)  Now happily retired in Queensland , a little place called Witta, in hilly hinterland country close to the small township of Maleny where down the hill is the wonderful Sunshine coast.  Presently doing the mali work on an acre and a half, involved with Church and social work and dabbling a little with the written word.

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Jim and Nancy Pinto

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Bob and Dorothy Powell Jones

Assam 1963 --1982
Latterly Manager Dehing T.E. of the Makum/Namdang Group
Bob and Dorothy live in Shillong, and visit the UK on occasions to see relatives and friends
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George and Diana Richmond

Joined Scottish Assam under the late Oliver Caruthers. Was in the Terai from 1965 till early 1969 at Pahargoomiah, together with the late Hugh McLeod,  Acted in Moraghat and Nangdala in the Dooars. Transferred back to Assam confirmed as Manager at Nudwa and my last posting being Manager of Dinjan Co.-Got sold and I left Tea. Now settled in Shillong

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Jimmy Robinson



Born in Assam in 1957, son of Robbie and Jill Robinson and brother of Myles and Minette. We were in Assam till 1976 on the following tea estates: Mankota, Sessa, Jaipur, Borpatra and Panitola. 

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Richard A Rogers

Child of the Dooars  1938-45, son of Bill "Doc" Rogers, Binnaguri,
1956 to 1965 tea planter in Tanganyika with Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation
(South India) on Herkulu and Marvera Estates, Usambara Mountains, Tanga
Province.
Decolonialised in 1965 and settled to a banking/insurance/investment
existence until retirement in 1990.

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Holly & Ann Scallon

Sylhet, Dooars, North and South banks of Assam
1946 - 1974

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Dennis & Fairlie Sharp

With Octavius Steel & Co. from 1958  to 1971
at
Rungajaun T E 1958-65
Woka T E 1965-68
Marangi T E 1968-71
Clubs
Golaghat & Guriajaun

Venk Shenoi

email     venk.shenoi@gmail.com

Joined Dooars Tea Co in 1962 - Nagrakata and Grassmore. Left 1965, subsequently sales engineer for Tractors India Calcutta until 1966.

UK electricity industry from 1966 to 1992 including international consultancy assignments for British Electricity International. Independent power project consultant since leaving National Power in 1992.

Now living in the Forest of Dean Gloucestershire and district councillor since 2003 and active in the local community. Venk  would love to hear from anyone from the good old days of Tea." 
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Peter Shortt

Jorehaut Tea company  1952-1970
Uganda tea  1971
Kenya Tea  1972-1974
Telephone 01242 604336, Fax 01242 604700
Mobile  07798 848485

Financial Consultant   www.dcseurope.com

New Meadow House, Winchcombe,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire  GL54 5BA
UK

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Dick and Dolly Simpson

Agency -Duncan Brothers &Co
Joined --May 1956  Left  May 1973

Tea Gardens:   Garganda, Sankos, Lankapara, Killcott, Leesh River, Nonipara, Orangajuli, Ledo.

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with Williamson Magor from January 1950 to April 1982

Estates : Attreekhat,Borengajuli, Paneery, Seconee,Koomsong

Bangladesh Tea Rehabilitation Project 1983 to 1986 (Duncan MacNeill)

Mauritius Tea Factories 1988

Lyons Tetley International in Turkey 1990 - 1992

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Sanjiv Singh

Matt and Glennie Summors

(nee Millar ex Dr Graham's Homes)

Duncan Brothers(1962-1970)

Estates  Gandrapara,Nonaipara,Lankapara, Garganda and Kumargram

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Jim Thomas

1955 - 61 Planter in Assam (Andrew Yule)
mainly NAHARKUTIA/MORAN Districts

1961 - 1963 Head Office in Calcutta
1987 - 1991 Man Dir Assam Co. in Calcutta

John Thyne

Arrived Bombay RMS Circassia Jan 1957 with Balmer Lawrie

Estates
Muttock, Bokel, Panitola, and finally Harmutty until 1966

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 Jeff Tikari

Lue Tripp



Kalchini Tea Estate  Dooars.  Shaw Wallace &Co.- 1964 -1969

Bordubi Tea Estate. Assam. Williamson Magor - 1970 - 1972

Papua New Guinea - 1973 - 1999 - Tea & Coffee

Advisor - P.R.China - 2000 - 2002 - Coffee development project

Would love to hear from old friends and colleagues from the plantation industry.
( Retired and in Action)

Philip Wilson

Doom Dooma
(father was with the Borhat Company mostly at Jamguri )

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Alan Wood

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         Robin and Anthea Wrangham

They are now safely esconced in their new home in Queensland Australia
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Asad & Amy Yousuf



Worked from 1961-1993; Retired as Superintendent

Inschape Group/Macneill & Barry - Dinjan, Maijan,
Hazelbank, Kondoli, Bhooteachang, Nangdala, Binaguri,
Moraghat, Thanai, Monkhoosi, Loongsoong, Nudwa.

Williamson Magor - Mahakali, Bukhial, Attareekhat,
Dekorai.
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Ali and Shireen Zaman

Joined Williamson Magor's in 1963 retired 1997

Served in the following districts

Mangaldai, Doom Dooma, Tingri, Bishnauth, and Margherita