These pages are the product of a collaboration between two members of Tay Valley Family History Society who share an interest in the jute industry in India focusing on the mills located in East and West Bengal.

Through these pages we hope to collect relevant information connected with the jute industry in India and especially its associations with Dundee and Angus in particular. Housed within the Archives Department of the University of Dundee are many papers relating to the involvement of Dundee and Angus in the jute industry both here and in India.

A great number of men from Dundee and Angus went to India, particularly Calcutta to work in the jute mills, in various positions from overseers to managers. We would be very interested to hear from anyone who worked in any jute mill in India, their memories/impressions of India and the jute industry there.

The jute industry was affected greatly by the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. Partition brought about problems within the industry and a great number of new mills were built in the 1950's in the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Any information about this would be greatly received.

The Families in British India Society web site is full of very useful information for researching in India and the subcontinent.

Indian Jute Mills

A list of jute mills in India

Jute in Bengal Map

Bangladesh Jute Mills

A list of jute mills in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Jute Mills Map

A map of part of Bangladesh showing some jute mills

Burials in Sirajganj, Bangladesh

A few details of burials from a burial ground at Sirajganj

Register of Burials, Cinnamara, Assam

Relating mainly to the Tea Plantations, but perhaps still of interest

Please feel free to email Andrew Ramsay Nicoll or Jimmie Robertson, or you can write to me, Andrew Ramsay Nicoll at Tay Valley Family History Society, Family History Research Centre, 179 Princes Street Dundee, DD4 6DQ, Scotland.

Maintained by: Michael Bolik. Last updated: Friday 29 May 2009 02:35 PM

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