While not possible to confirm the elephant s exact age, it is known that he was brought to work on a tea estate by a British farmer during colonial rule in the 1940s.
One of the world’s oldest elephants has died at an estimated age of 89, on an Indian tea farm, caretakers confirmed on Tuesday (22). Though the precise age of the elephant could not be definitively determined, historical records indicate that he was introduced to a tea plantation by a British farmer during the colonial era
Guwahati: Revered for its strength to fight off ivory smugglers when they tried to cut away one of its tusks to its ability to pull out old tea bushes.