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In Tamil, the word Munnar means three rivers and as the place is at the confluence of three mountain streams, it got this name. In the year 1790, the Duke of Wellington became the first European to visit this site. Later, the Poonjar chief, a subordinate of the Maharaja of Travancore, leased 588 sq. km of land to J.D. Munro, a Scottish tea planter in the 1870s. Though the Scots left the place long ago, the tea estates still continue to be well maintained by private companies.
According to records, the first tea sapling was planted by A.H. Sharp at Parvathi, which a part of the present Sevenmullay area. The first plantation of tea was done on an area of 20 hectares (50 acres) of land. Initially, tea plantation was a big problem as the entire area was covered with thick forest inhabited by wild animals. However, now the area has been converted totally into a tea plantation region.
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