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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] | |presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] | ||
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− | |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]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:57, 23 October 2009
Darjeeling | |
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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.