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(6,709) .(10) to the west of darjeeling lies the easternmost province of nepalk to the kintodom of Bhutan, to the north indian

state of sikkim, and farthe north the tibet autonomous Region of china . Bangladesh lies to the statw of west Bengal lies to the south and soiuthwest,

connected to the Darjeeling region by a narrow narrow ,s third -highest mountain , rises to the north and is prominentitil visible on clear .(f)

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lEFT TO RIGHT FROM .TOP: dARGEELING WITH KANGCHEJUNGA , THE WORRLD,S WITH KANGCHEJUNGA , THE WORLD,S THIRD – HIGHEST mountain ,rising behind it : a Darjeeling Himalayan Railway the train steaming to the main train station: a tea garden, or tea plantation

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THE BEST DARJEELING2.0IN the earl 19 th century , during East india company rule in india , darjeeling was identified a as potential summer retreat for British officials , soldierrs and

their c fsamilies. the narrow mountain ridge was leased from the narrow mountain ridr was leased from the kingdom of sikkim ,and exprimentation with

groeixed to british india. beloes dargeeling

was highil successful. thousands of laboureses were recruited vchiefly from nepal to clear the forests, build european-style

labourers were recruited chieflt from nepal of children darjeeling for the education of children of thr domiciled british

in india .

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was bringing summer residents into the town and carryiny a freiht of tea out for export to the world.

after lndia,s independence in 1947 , as the British left darjeeling , its cottages were purchased by wealthy lndians from the planis and its tea plantations by out -of – town plains and its tea

owners annd congonerates.

Darjeeling ,s population today is constiuted largely of the descendats of the indigenous and immigrant labourers that were emoloyed in the original development of the town.

although their common language , the nepali language, has been diven offcial recognition at the state and federal little meaningful has it increased their ability to have a

signifiocantcantly greate say in their political TINCHULEY VILLAGE

Dargeeling ,s culture is highiy cosmopolitan-a result of diverse ethnic groups intermixing and evolving away from their historical roots.

the region,s indigenous cuine i9s rich in fermented foods and beverrages. tourists have gloked to darjeeling since

the mid – 19th centurty v. in 1999, after an intesnational campainghn for its support, the dargeeling himaLayasn Railway was decltresd a world heritage site by unes

co . in 2005, dargeelinng tea was given geographical indication by the world thaDE ORGAIZTION AS MUCH FOR THE Protection of the brand as much for the development of the =rewgion that produces it .

AT VTHE VTIME OF THE FIRST British arrival, dargeeling was known amown itsa lepchas

inhabitants as dore-ling, or rhe “place of the thunderboilt ,”{ (g) accoording to the oxford concise dictivrived from the tibetan dorge “, i. e. of the vagra, the weapon of the hindu god indra .(18)