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'''Darjeeling''' was a [[hill station]] in [[Bengal]].
'''Darjeeling''' was a [[hill station]] in [[Bengal]].
There were cantonments at Darjeeling and at Lebong, situated below Darjeejing about eight miles away.




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* Photos of Darjeeling from  [http://oldindianphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Darjeeling Old Indian Photos]
* Photos of Darjeeling from  [http://oldindianphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Darjeeling Old Indian Photos]
*[http://www.windamerehotel.com/darjeeling/history.asp History of Darjeeling] from Windamerehotel.com
*[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] Images of Asia
===Online books===
===Online books===
*[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

Revision as of 11:08, 17 May 2010

Darjeeling
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.

There were cantonments at Darjeeling and at Lebong, situated below Darjeejing about eight miles away.


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.


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