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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] | |presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] | ||
|image= | |image= | ||
|coordinates= | |coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=27.037559,88.263044&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=27.037559,88.263044 27.037559, 88.263044] | ||
|altitude= 2,134 m (7,001 ft) | |altitude= 2,134 m (7,001 ft) | ||
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling] | |presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling] | ||
|stateprovince= [ | |stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_bengal West Bengal] | ||
|country=[ | |country=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] | ||
|transport=[[Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway]] | |transport=[[Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 21:57, 23 October 2009
| Darjeeling | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 27.037559, 88.263044 |
| Altitude: | 2,134 m (7,001 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Darjeeling |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway | |
Records
- The British Library has the following book in its catalogue:
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.
Related Articles
External Links
- The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj by Dane Kennedy, 1996 University of California Press
- Darjeeling from the website Koi-Hai
- Darjeeling Tea History
- Photograph of a tea plantation, Darjeeling.