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**[http://www.oldmhs.com/older_darjeeling.htm Old Darjeeling Photographs]
 
**[http://www.oldmhs.com/older_darjeeling.htm Old Darjeeling Photographs]
 
*[http://sayeedsjournal.wordpress.com/chapter-5-st-pauls-school-darjeeling-1937-38/  St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 1937-38] by Khwaja Sayeed Shahabuddin (born 1923)
 
*[http://sayeedsjournal.wordpress.com/chapter-5-st-pauls-school-darjeeling-1937-38/  St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling 1937-38] by Khwaja Sayeed Shahabuddin (born 1923)
*[http://www.thehimalayanbeacon.com/photogallery/index.php?/category/11  The Robertsons and Darjeeling - A photo feature by Miss Ally McGurk] Click to enlarge. thehimalayanbeacon.com
 
 
*Photographs:[http://www.flickr.com/photos/cathforrest/sets/72157624430457701/ Darjeeling English] Cath Forrest’s collection on flickr.com. Includes the wording "...the New School, set up during the Second World War to educate the children of British families in India safely, away from the threat of Japanese bombs, was closed at the end of the war. My mother and her classmates, some as young as five, were sent up here all the way from Calcutta on the Darjeeling Mail and the Toy Train.".
 
*Photographs:[http://www.flickr.com/photos/cathforrest/sets/72157624430457701/ Darjeeling English] Cath Forrest’s collection on flickr.com. Includes the wording "...the New School, set up during the Second World War to educate the children of British families in India safely, away from the threat of Japanese bombs, was closed at the end of the war. My mother and her classmates, some as young as five, were sent up here all the way from Calcutta on the Darjeeling Mail and the Toy Train.".
 
*[http://www.news.com.au/news/darjeeling-is-all-the-raj/story-fna7dq6e-1225755871452 "Darjeeling is all the Raj"] by  Michael Gebicki August 01, 2009 news.com.au. 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.
 
*[http://www.news.com.au/news/darjeeling-is-all-the-raj/story-fna7dq6e-1225755871452 "Darjeeling is all the Raj"] by  Michael Gebicki August 01, 2009 news.com.au. 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.
*[http://www.windamerehotel.com/darjeeling/history.asp History of Darjeeling] from Windamerehotel.com
 
 
*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/india/lebong.html The cantonment at Lebong 1910] Postcard from Images of Asia
 
*[http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/india/lebong.html The cantonment at Lebong 1910] Postcard from Images of Asia
  

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Darjeeling
View towards Jallapahar, Darjeeling.jpg
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
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Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway
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Darjeeling


Darjeeling was a hill station in Bengal.

There were military cantonments at Jalapahar (alternative spelling Jellapahar) (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 term "Darjeeling cantonment" seems at times to have also included Jalapahar, which was a convalescent depot.

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. See BACSA Books. (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).

Churches and Missions

St Andrew's Church, Darjeeling
  • St Columba's Church (Estab 1894) trekearth.com
  • Immaculate Conception Church (Catholic) - (Estab 1848)
  • Sacred Heart Church - (Catholic) - (Estab 1898)

Schools and Colleges

Loretto Convent, Darjeeling
St Joseph's School, Darjeeling

(See also Schools)

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

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