Darjeeling
| 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 | |
Darjeeling was a hill station in Bengal.
There were cantonments at Darjeeling and at Lebong, situated below Darjeejing about eight miles away.
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.
- Photos of Darjeeling from Old Indian Photos
- History of Darjeeling from Windamerehotel.com
- The cantonment at Lebong 1910 Postcard from Images of Asia
Online books
- Newman's Guide to Darjeeling and Its Surroundings, Historical & Descriptive 1900 Archive.org
- History Of The Darjeeling District by E C Dozey 1917 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Refer Online books-Digital Library of India for more details about this site. A chapter on schools commences computer page 99, and a chapter on cemeteries, with details of burials, commences computer page 140
- The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj by Dane Kennedy, 1996 University of California Press
- “Darjeeling” from Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce and industrial resources by Somerset Playne 1917 Archive.org