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George Bird

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George Samuel Bird is considered to be the father of the Ceylon Planting Industry. He established the first Coffee plantation in Ceylon in 1824, in Sinnapitiya, Gampola. Bird also went on to establish coffee plantations in Kundasale and Pussellawa

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