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'''Darjeeling''' was a [[hill station]] in [[Bengal]]. | |||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
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== Related Articles == | == Related Articles == | ||
* [[Tea Plantation]] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Wikipedia] | |||
* [http://www.koi-hai.com/darjeeling.html Darjeeling] from the website Koi-Hai | |||
* [http://darjeelingnews.net/darjeeling_tea.html Darjeeling Tea History] | |||
* [http://www.pbase.com/mgpimages/image/49777822 Photograph] of a tea plantation, Darjeeling. | |||
===Online books=== | |||
*''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 09:25, 3 November 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 | |
Darjeeling was a hill station in Bengal.
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
- Wikipedia
- Darjeeling from the website Koi-Hai
- Darjeeling Tea History
- Photograph of a tea plantation, Darjeeling.
Online books
- The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj by Dane Kennedy, 1996 University of California Press