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There were military cantonments at Jalapahar (established 1848), Darjeeling and at Lebong, situated below Darjeeling about eight miles away.  
There were military cantonments at Jalapahar (established 1848), Darjeeling and at Lebong, situated below Darjeeling about eight miles away.  
Lebong cantonment was established in 1882 as part of the Jalapahar cantonment, and became a separate cantonment in 1895.<ref>[http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/news/Discursive-Hills-Book-Review-.html Dr. Wangyal's Column : Discursive Hills] 1 November 2008 Darjeelingtimes.com</ref>
Lebong cantonment was established in 1882 as part of the Jalapahar cantonment, and became a separate cantonment in 1895.<ref>[http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/news/Discursive-Hills-Book-Review-.html Dr. Wangyal's Column : Discursive Hills] 1 November 2008 Darjeelingtimes.com</ref>There were artillery barracks at Katapahar, above Darjeeling and it appears that this was what was called the Darjeeling cantonment. The Darjeeling cantonment may have at times  also included Jalapahar, which was a convalescent depot.


== Records ==
== Records ==
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling] Wikipedia
* [http://www.koi-hai.com/darjeeling.html Darjeeling] from the website Koi-Hai
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalapahar Jalapahar] Wikipedia
* [http://darjeelingnews.net/darjeeling_tea.html Darjeeling Tea History]
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/darjeeling.html Darjeeling] from the website Koi-Hai
* [http://www.pbase.com/mgpimages/image/49777822 Photograph] of a tea plantation, Darjeeling.
*[http://darjeelingnews.net/darjeeling_tea.html Darjeeling Tea History]
* Photos of Darjeeling from  [http://oldindianphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Darjeeling Old Indian Photos]
*[http://www.pbase.com/mgpimages/image/49777822 Photograph] of a tea plantation, Darjeeling.
*Photos of Darjeeling from  [http://oldindianphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Darjeeling Old Indian Photos]
*[http://www.ratnapradhan.com/das-studio/das-archives/ Old photographs of Darjeeling from the Das Studio Photo Archives] from  Ratna D Pradhan’s Himalayan Light: Images of the Himalayas
*[http://www.ratnapradhan.com/das-studio/das-archives/ Old photographs of Darjeeling from the Das Studio Photo Archives] from  Ratna D Pradhan’s Himalayan Light: Images of the Himalayas
*[http://www.oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)]
*[http://www.oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)]
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===Online books===
===Online books===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_184.gif "Darjeeling Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 11'', page 178
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/newmansguidetod00publgoog#page/n10/mode/1up ''Newman's Guide to Darjeeling and Its Surroundings, Historical & Descriptive''] 1900 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/newmansguidetod00publgoog#page/n10/mode/1up ''Newman's Guide to Darjeeling and Its Surroundings, Historical & Descriptive''] 1900 Archive.org
*[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh/dhr_book/ ''Darjeeling & its Mountain Railway: A Guide and Souvenir published by the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway Co. Ld.''] 1921 vsdh.org
**[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh/dhr_book/chap_6.htm  Chapter 6 "Suburbs of Darjeeling"] includes details about the cantonments at Lebong, Jalapahar and Katapahar (although confusingly the latter is also called Jalapahar)
*''History Of The Darjeeling District''  by E C  Dozey 1917 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site. A chapter on schools commences computer page 99, and a chapter on cemeteries, with details of some burials, commences computer page 140. Note some pages appear to be missing. A revised 2nd edition, published c 1922 and titled ''A Concise History of the Darjeeling District'' by E C  Dozey is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The chapter on cemeteries commences actual page 146, computer page 189.
*''History Of The Darjeeling District''  by E C  Dozey 1917 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site. A chapter on schools commences computer page 99, and a chapter on cemeteries, with details of some burials, commences computer page 140. Note some pages appear to be missing. A revised 2nd edition, published c 1922 and titled ''A Concise History of the Darjeeling District'' by E C  Dozey is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The chapter on cemeteries commences actual page 146, computer page 189.
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996  [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996  [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]

Revision as of 14:09, 2 June 2012

Darjeeling
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 27.037559, 88.263044
Altitude: 2,134 m (7,001 ft)
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Place Name: Darjeeling
State/Province: West Bengal
Country: India
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Darjeeling



Darjeeling was a hill station in Bengal.

There were military cantonments at Jalapahar (established 1848), Darjeeling and at Lebong, situated below Darjeeling about eight miles away. Lebong cantonment was established in 1882 as part of the Jalapahar cantonment, and became a separate cantonment in 1895.[1]There were artillery barracks at Katapahar, above Darjeeling and it appears that this was what was called the Darjeeling cantonment. The Darjeeling cantonment may have at times also included Jalapahar, which was a convalescent depot.

Records

Taylor’s Maps of the following Tea Districts, Darjeeling, Terai, Jalpaiguri and Dooars, Darrang, Golaghat, Jorhat Nowgong, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Cachar, Sylhet, with complete Index to all Tea Gardens, published 1910

  • The Australian newspaper dated 1 August 2009 has an article about a hotel in Darjeeling “where the clock stopped ticking circa 1930”, and where the library has a substantial collection relating to India's railways.

Cemeteries

A BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publication is

  • Darjeeling and the Dooars: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials 1842–1995 by Eileen Hewson, 2006. A record of the cemeteries and isolated graves from this corner of India with MIs and biographical notes on the planters and other notable tombs. 93pp, 23 illustrations, and map

BACSA are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.

Darjeeling’s English Cemetery by Rebecca Bragg 6 November 2009 darjeelingtimes.com. It was also known as the Hooker Road Cemetery or Hill Cart Road Cemetery according to the comments of Peter J. Karthak, 8 November 2009. He also mentions other cemeteries, including the Jewish Cemetery.

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External Links

Online books

References

  1. Dr. Wangyal's Column : Discursive Hills 1 November 2008 Darjeelingtimes.com