Indians were moved to Ceylon for tea cultivation.
Evidence
As the century went on, tea plantations were established in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, and large numbers of Tamils were moved from south India to Ceylon to work on them. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1410
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1410