Registered in London on 20th October 1882

Jokai Tea Company crosses 10,000 acres of cultivated tea area including the gardens of Bokel, Muttuck, Hattialli, Panitola, Dikom, Daisajan, Koilamari, Tippuk, Bordeobam, Pathalipam, Lengrai, Jamirah and Kutchujan

Nokhroy, Woodbine (now Nalani) and Singlijan estates added to the Jokai Tea Company

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister visits Panitola Tea Estate and stays overnight in the “Burra Bungalow”

Lord Mountbatten and General Slim use Panitola as headquarters to chalk out battle plans for end of World War II

Jokai Tea Company becomes first tea company to use all four modes of transport – aircraft, steamer, trams and cars to transport leaf and people between it’s gardens

Jokai Tea Company gardens earn record prices at the London Auctions with special mention to Panitola for highest price / kg achieved in the year among Assam gardens

Hattialli Tea Estate becomes the first tea estate in Assam to be awarded the prestigious ISO 9002 certification

Resisting the CTC wave, The Jokai Group renews its commitment to producing 100% premium Orthodox Black Tea in each of it’s Assam Gardens, despite rising cost of wages and increased cost of hand plucking

The Jokai Group introduces Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in it’s gardens working with soil and pest scientists to create it’s own vermicompost pits and homegrown bio-pesticides to minimize pesticide loads in it’s estates

The Jokai Group earns the coveted “Rainforest Alliance” in all it’s estates - an important marker of superior agricultural and ethical practices with respect to the environment and labor management

The Jokai Group forays into the Artisanal Tea Segment with the KM Shah Artisanal Tea Centre and crafts small batch, hand rolled Black, Green, White, Oolong and Gunpowder Teas which receive wide acclaim in German markets