This he claimed as an innovation, at Gaumalti (near Gauḍa south of Malda), and he stated the intention of developing alternative employment for local weavers.
[11] Thomas was a naval surgeon and a protégé of Grant, a noted evangelical, who brought him to Gaumalti to carry out mission work in 1787–9.
In 1795, the East India Company put heavy funding behind the crop, because of its place in remittances for its British employees.
[18] He continued to let down his patrons, left the indigo factor role to trade in sugar, returned, and died in Dinajpur in 1801 of infectious disease.
[13] For Carey, it was at nearby Mudnabatty (Madnawati, Bamangola), both factories therefore being close what is now the India-Bangladesh border, and 16 miles (26 km) apart.
[16][19] Carey was in charge of the factory for five years, studied the languages of Bengal, and left to join William Ward and other missionaries in Frederiknagore, Danish territory where their work was allowed.