Georg Plebst Explained

Georg Plebst (1823-1888)[1] was a German missionary who arrived India in 1851 and established one of the first tile making factories known as The Common Wealth Trust Ltd or locally addressed as Basel Mission tile factory in 1860, after they found large deposits of clay by the banks of the Gurupura and Nethravathi rivers. It was located near Morgan's Gate on the banks of the river Nethravathi.[2] [3] He left India in 1868.

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  1. Web site: Kamalakaran . Ajay . How a German missionary changed the way houses were roofed in western India . 2023-01-25 . Scroll.in . en-US.
  2. News: Tiles for style. Babu. Savitha Suresh. 2007-02-17. The Hindu. 2009-01-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20090110164144/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2007/02/17/stories/2007021701030100.htm. 2009-01-10. usurped.
  3. News: Tiles are strong, industry is brittle . https://web.archive.org/web/20071114060719/http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/12/stories/2007111256740500.htm. dead. 2007-11-14. Belgaumkar. Govind D.. 2007-11-12. The Hindu. 2009-01-31.

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