Georg Plebst

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]

Citiations

1. Kamalakaran, Ajay. "How a German missionary changed the way houses were roofed in western India". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
2. Giriappa 1994, p. 61
3. Babu, Savitha Suresh (2007-02-17). "Tiles for style". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2009-01-10. Retrieved 2009-01-31.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. Belgaumkar, Govind D. (2007-11-12). "Tiles are strong, industry is brittle". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2009-01-31.

References

• Giriappa, S. (1994). Rural Industrialisation in Backward Areas. Daya books. ISBN 81-7035-125-1. Retrieved 2009-01-31.