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**[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=521&s_id=711 Named images of graves at Hill Cart Road cemetery] Fibis database
**[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=521&s_id=711 Named images of graves at Hill Cart Road cemetery] Fibis database
**[http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/opinions/general/231-darjeelings-english-cemetery.html Darjeeling's English Cemetery] by Rebecca Bragg  7 February 2010 and also the  [http://www.rebeccabragg.com/updated_story_10.html updated  information] from her website  including a Questions and Answer session with a [[BACSA]] representative in July 2010 and [http://www.rebeccabragg.com/cemetery_photos_7.html Cemetery photos]
**[http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/opinions/general/231-darjeelings-english-cemetery.html Darjeeling's English Cemetery] by Rebecca Bragg  7 February 2010 and also the  [http://www.rebeccabragg.com/updated_story_10.html updated  information] from her website  including a Questions and Answer session with a [[BACSA]] representative in July 2010 and [http://www.rebeccabragg.com/cemetery_photos_7.html Cemetery photos]
:An earlier article by Rebecca Bragg, also called [http://web.archive.org/web/20100108042617/http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/Ecological-issue/Darjeelings-English-Cemetery.html Darjeeling’s English Cemetery]  dated 6 November 2009 contains a number of comments at the bottom of the article, including those  of Peter J. Karthak, 8 November 2009 who mentions other cemeteries, including the Jewish Cemetery. darjeelingtimes.com, now an archived webpage
* Darjeeling New Cemetery.  (Singtom Cemetery] Established 1858.
* Darjeeling New Cemetery.  (Singtom Cemetery] Established 1858.
** This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2007-05/1179823575 India List post] reports that the Singtom cemetery is in a neglected state and gravestones have disappeared.   
** This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2007-05/1179823575 India List post] reports that the Singtom cemetery is in a neglected state and gravestones have disappeared.   
* The Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling was maintained by the Board of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery <ref>[http://www.indianjews.org/english/?page_id=194 A Historical Review of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery] indianjews.org. The Oseh Haised Board also maintained the Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling.</ref>
* The Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling was maintained by the Board of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery <ref>[http://www.indianjews.org/english/?page_id=194 A Historical Review of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery] indianjews.org. The Oseh Haised Board also maintained the Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling.</ref>


A [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia)]] cemetery publication is  
*A [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|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 [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books]. ([[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|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).
**''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 [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books]. ([[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|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==
==Churches and Missions==

Revision as of 10:33, 8 January 2013

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
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places of interest during the British period
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

An earlier article by Rebecca Bragg, also called Darjeeling’s English Cemetery dated 6 November 2009 contains a number of comments at the bottom of the article, including those of Peter J. Karthak, 8 November 2009 who mentions other cemeteries, including the Jewish Cemetery. darjeelingtimes.com, now an archived webpage
  • Darjeeling New Cemetery. (Singtom Cemetery] Established 1858.
    • This India List post reports that the Singtom cemetery is in a neglected state and gravestones have disappeared.
  • The Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling was maintained by the Board of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery [2]
  • 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)
  • St Andrew's Church (Built 1843 and rebuilt 1873)
  • 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

  • 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

Online books

References

  1. ↑ Dr. Wangyal's Column : Discursive Hills 1 November 2008 Darjeelingtimes.com
  2. ↑ A Historical Review of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery indianjews.org. The Oseh Haised Board also maintained the Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling.


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