Georg Plebst

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Georg Plebst (1823-1888) [1] was a German missionary who arrived India in 1851 [1] 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, [2] 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. [3] [4] He left India in 1868. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Kamalakaran, Ajay (24 January 2023). "How a German missionary changed the way houses were roofed in western India". Scroll.in. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Giriappa 1994 , p.  61
  3. ↑ Babu, Savitha Suresh (17 February 2007). "Tiles for style". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  4. ↑ Belgaumkar, Govind D. (12 November 2007). "Tiles are strong, industry is brittle". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2009.

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